Customer Reviews

Tank Girl 2 (Remastered Edition) (Bk. 2)

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4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Tank Girl is the epitome of a cult classic. It is definately not your traditional comic, there isn't much plot to speak of, nor is there much depth in the stories. This is not the book to read for concise social commentary or introspection. This magic of Tank Girl lies in its incredible art, cathartic writing, and the interaction between the numerous insane characters (as well as the characters and the creators). I would reccommend Tank Girl to someone with a very twisted sense of humor and an open mind. It's not for everyone, and does take a different mind set to appreciate. The only reason I do not give it 5 stars is that one or two of the stories in this book were a little too slow at points, and some of the pages were too cluttered. These are minor gripes, but I don't want to say it's a perfect collection. But worth the $.

This compilation, like Volume 1, was put together very well with great side notes, an intro from Alan and other extras. They still give you the strips as they were originally drawn, but this was evidentally the point in time when they started to color the strips for Deadline.
Now, let's talk about the downsides of this book. The only complaints about it are really the content of the strip more than anything. This particular compilation seems to house the years of the series when Alan and Jamie were really experimenting as writers and artists, respectively, but also doing much of said experimenting alongside of narcotic experimentation. It references certain authors and movies these guys evidently thought were people to be worshipped (Jack Kerouac's work seems to be the big one), all the while luring the artwork in and out of a psychadelic montage. In fact, most of the book seemed like one big, horny acid trip to me. It started to get a little out of control around the middle. But as I said, earlier: This isn't so much a problem with the compilation so much as it is with the series. So, if you don't like the idea of Tank girl drifting away from the romping through the Outback and into psychological/psychosexual belches followed by 1950s "clean" time, followed by a big psychadelic mess and finally touched off with poverty in the snow jokes, you'd probably just be better off with Volume 1 and only volume 1 (of course, Volume 3 is still on the waiting time...).

tank girl 2 was a really good graphic novel. i love every book in the series. the illustrations are very entertaining. all in all, a great read. i highly suggest it, that is if your into the hewlett-martin world.

Im not one of the original fans of this series, but I liked the first book.
This second one is not near as good.

Whilst Vol 1 made a limited degree of sense, and was great fun, Vol 2 seems to see our authors ingesting many more drugs than strictly necessary to maintain a semblance of plot or indeed reality.

The stories feel very rushed and sloppily executed, as if they were writing/drawing to a deadline, and most of the manic intensity in Vol 1 is dissipated into a directionless and not remotely funny mush.

Get Vol 1, but skip this one.

You may be one of those people who asked themselves, 'Why in $^%$# did they make this movie? That is in regard to the textbook case of Hollywood compromise and dreck that was the incredably dissapointing film version. Well the answers are in the pages of one of the best demented comics ever made. Unfortunetly, movie execs couldn't greenlight a purely sociopathic superheroine who mows down her enemies and can not hear their screams (cause her personal stereo is on too loud!)So she had to have a name (in the movie) and a little girl to save (just like the heroine in another movie, you can here the pitch meeting! It will be like Aliens meets The great rock and roll swindle with a little Kissing Jessica Stein thrown in.)No plot (who needs it!)loads of sarcasm and self parody, lot's of pointless violence! The best punk rock comic ever made. If you like Gorillaz videos, that's about as deep as it gets... only funnier.

If you love art and you love comics and you love random, then this is the comic for you.

Tank Girl does not make sense, she can out run Mr. Whippy. She Does not like you. Tank girl is mean. The drawings by the hewl only bare SLIGHT resemblance with the gorillaz drawings he did. They have nothing in common. If you think you do, you deserve to have your copy of tank girl 2 and all others you may have stolen.