BRZRKR Vol. 1

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It took me only thirty minutes to get through this and there wasn’t a single second in which my interest was even slightly piqued except for when I literally reached the final panel on the final page. Kudos to artist Ron Garney for his work on this book, bringing the non-stop carnage to life so well. He played John Constantine in Constantine (2005) and starred in the romantic drama The Lake House (2006), the science fiction thriller The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008), and the crime thriller Street Kings (2008). BRZRKR: Poetry of Madness is written by Reeves and Steve Skroce, with art by Skroce and colors by Dave Stewart.

This reminded me a lot of The Old Guard but I tried to put the similarities aside and ultimately found myself enjoying it more. The story is fantastic and I was hooked immediately - our protagonist is a violent, unkillable man who wants to die. Matt Kindt may be the real criminal in this whole enterprise, but who knows how much pen-to-paper work he actually had to do here. An absolute blood-fest of a book, BRZRKR introduces readers to an ancient warrior who can't die and who is driven to kill by an internal impulse he's had since birth. His natural instinct natured through his formative years, he has been fighting through his looking life.On March 22, 2021, Netflix announced it was developing a live-action film adaptation and a follow-up anime series based on the comics with Reeves cast as the lead. And, though I found the action tiresome after a while, the bloodiness is so absurdly over-the-top that it made me laugh occasionally. But I have hope that this thing is just finding its legs and the next volume is going to knock it out of the park.

will be granted the one thing he desires: the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence…and how to end it. If you liked John Wick or just like watching Keanu hanging out, I think you'll enjoy this well enough. There’s only so many times you can see an animal’s head being ripped clean off before you start laughing at how stupidly unrealistic the idea of that is. Want to read a comic that rips out the spine of good taste and murderizes subtlety with it before dancing in the blood of restraint?There is a lot of empathy in learning about his past, and there is real grit here beyond all the blood and guts. Old Guard, Eternal Warrior, Wolverine, Vandal Savage, so on and so on all the way back to Gilgamesh. Boom's official description reads, "The lone survivor of Olos, a long-dead–once thriving–empire, tells a tale of B. If anything, it’s sad to see that plastering Keanu Reeves’ face on something doesn’t guarantee it’ll be anything more than the sort of content mindless, brainless action-lovers with no respect for plot or depth would love. I liked the nod to the Sad Keanu meme from a few years ago on the first page and I’d’ve preferred to see more playful references to Keanu in the book - I mean, there wasn’t even a single “woah”!