Books read in 2023 # 60-61 - Devil Stuff
Jun. 16th, 2023 10:34 am60.Chainsaw Man vol 1 by Tatsuki Fujimoto - This is the first volume and since I saw the anime first, I'm just going to be impressed by how much they followed the anime. There's Denji getting killed and then his chainsaw hound demon making a deal with him and then his slaughter of the yakuza. There's Power who is animated as the platonic ideal of sexy cosplay. And Denji's overriding ambition is to touch boobs. Weirdly enough this is not as annoying in the comic as it is in the show. But maybe I know where it leads. It all ends with Power leading Denji into a trap because the bat demon has her cat, Meowy. It's adorable. And I'm happy to have read it. Will probably have more to say about future installments.
61. Grendel Omnibus vol 2 by Matt Wagner and many others - So it comes down to this. Biker gangs are now running the show. Also Serbian militias. This is the dystopian future where Grendel Khan's rule has cracked in several places and instead of a global empire, you got a lot of isolated places that are run by self-described Grendels. The fourth volume of the regular series saw cracks in the Grendel empire (after beating the vampire pope in volume 4) but this shows the whole thing fucked up and Grendel in name only. So as an enthusiast for the collapse of Rome, I'm rather happy with it. The main story is about a Grendel biker gang in Indianapolis who run everything and end up in the news. But the leader falls in love with the local nurse who fucking hates them and isn't shy about it. So they end up fucking. And in love. And the nurse's kid gets run out of the Grendels and comes back with a terrorist campaign. The story ends with the nurse shooting her kid and then the leader of the Grendels and herself in the same panel.
I'm read this book at the same time as I'm reading a book about cops infiltrating the Hell's Angels. Fucking brtual and gross. Fuck, I hate bikers.
61. Grendel Omnibus vol 2 by Matt Wagner and many others - So it comes down to this. Biker gangs are now running the show. Also Serbian militias. This is the dystopian future where Grendel Khan's rule has cracked in several places and instead of a global empire, you got a lot of isolated places that are run by self-described Grendels. The fourth volume of the regular series saw cracks in the Grendel empire (after beating the vampire pope in volume 4) but this shows the whole thing fucked up and Grendel in name only. So as an enthusiast for the collapse of Rome, I'm rather happy with it. The main story is about a Grendel biker gang in Indianapolis who run everything and end up in the news. But the leader falls in love with the local nurse who fucking hates them and isn't shy about it. So they end up fucking. And in love. And the nurse's kid gets run out of the Grendels and comes back with a terrorist campaign. The story ends with the nurse shooting her kid and then the leader of the Grendels and herself in the same panel.
I'm read this book at the same time as I'm reading a book about cops infiltrating the Hell's Angels. Fucking brtual and gross. Fuck, I hate bikers.