Army of Darkness/Xena #1 & #2
Apr. 27th, 2008 05:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shankieMy brother and I have this thing for the Army of Darkness movies, and I have always had this Thing for Xena. So I went into this hopeful, and was rewarded with a very good time.
Published by Dynamite, Army of Darkness/Xena: Why Not? is a four-issue series that merges the two worlds with surprising ease; the tone of both the movies and the series are kept intact by focusing on humor that verges into slapstick here and there, and don't think they miss the fact that Bruce Campbell appeared in both.
It all starts when a bunch of little Ash's are created; the smart one, that Ash calls "Ash-It" flees using a Mininomican (hee) and ends up in the middle of Xena and Gabrielle saving Autolycus from a Cyclops that Auto has pissed off in a big way. Then the real hijinks begin!
Auto tries to tell Xena and Gabrielle about the little man, but they just wave it off as they're presently walking through the Pixie Woodlands guarded by a faerie army and these things happen.
Meanwhile, back in the present, Ash has gone back to his job at S-Mart and has no idea what's going on back in the past; the wizard guy shows up to get his help, and the first thought that Deadites might be involved makes our hero a little trigger-happy.
So what's Ash-It up to back in the Pixie Woodlands? Why, taking over the Faerie Kingdom, of course.
::giggles:: I feel bad for the King, but, yeah. King of the Faeries. XD
In the next issue, we see what he's planning on doing with his newfound Kingship.
Something like that. Also, having the weapons-smiths create shotguns and chainsaws by the thousand.
And what is Ash doing while this is happening? Being mistaken for the King of Thieves and getting his ass kicked by everybody.
Xena rescues him, but it doesn't take long for her to start kicking his ass, too.
Once he whips out the chainsaw and starts going on about the "estrogen-addled broads" getting in the way of saving the world, Xena and Gabrielle stop to listen. heh.
We're left with Ash-It turning his army of faeries into an army of demons and Autolycus prolly in dire need of a rescue from the guys in the tavern who'd been previously kicking Ash's butt.
#3 is due out next month, and boy am I excited. Don't go looking for deep character studies here; it's all sillyness, fights, and impending doom. But damn it's a good time. :D
Published by Dynamite, Army of Darkness/Xena: Why Not? is a four-issue series that merges the two worlds with surprising ease; the tone of both the movies and the series are kept intact by focusing on humor that verges into slapstick here and there, and don't think they miss the fact that Bruce Campbell appeared in both.
It all starts when a bunch of little Ash's are created; the smart one, that Ash calls "Ash-It" flees using a Mininomican (hee) and ends up in the middle of Xena and Gabrielle saving Autolycus from a Cyclops that Auto has pissed off in a big way. Then the real hijinks begin!
Auto tries to tell Xena and Gabrielle about the little man, but they just wave it off as they're presently walking through the Pixie Woodlands guarded by a faerie army and these things happen.
Meanwhile, back in the present, Ash has gone back to his job at S-Mart and has no idea what's going on back in the past; the wizard guy shows up to get his help, and the first thought that Deadites might be involved makes our hero a little trigger-happy.
So what's Ash-It up to back in the Pixie Woodlands? Why, taking over the Faerie Kingdom, of course.
::giggles:: I feel bad for the King, but, yeah. King of the Faeries. XD
In the next issue, we see what he's planning on doing with his newfound Kingship.
Something like that. Also, having the weapons-smiths create shotguns and chainsaws by the thousand.
And what is Ash doing while this is happening? Being mistaken for the King of Thieves and getting his ass kicked by everybody.
Xena rescues him, but it doesn't take long for her to start kicking his ass, too.
Once he whips out the chainsaw and starts going on about the "estrogen-addled broads" getting in the way of saving the world, Xena and Gabrielle stop to listen. heh.
We're left with Ash-It turning his army of faeries into an army of demons and Autolycus prolly in dire need of a rescue from the guys in the tavern who'd been previously kicking Ash's butt.
#3 is due out next month, and boy am I excited. Don't go looking for deep character studies here; it's all sillyness, fights, and impending doom. But damn it's a good time. :D