Comments on: Tank Girl 2

By: J. Fritz

J. Fritz — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:26:55 +0000

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…).
Rating: 4 / 5

By: Adam C. Reynolds

Adam C. Reynolds — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:56:07 +0000

Im not one of the original fans of this series, but I liked the first book.

This second one is not near as good.
Rating: 2 / 5

By: J. Jennings

J. Jennings — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 02:32:57 +0000

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.
Rating: 5 / 5

By: C. Smith

C. Smith — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 23:40:00 +0000

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. Rating: 1 / 5

By: Elyzabeth Skeletron

Elyzabeth Skeletron — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:07:48 +0000

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.
Rating: 5 / 5