Comic Review: Die!Die!Die! #4

Die!Die!Die! #4

Image Comics

Writers: Robert Kirkman & Scott M. Gimple

Artist: Chris Burnham

I have stated my love for this comic; especially over the past two issues. It is a ton of fun and quite a breath of fresh air in the comic game with its relentless action and bouts of seriousness. Aside from a wasted first issue, this series has not had a misstep or even a drop in quality which is in impressive, but this is only issue #4.

For the type of comic book this is, it does get confusing trying to follow the three brothers and some of the characters. It is the only drawback there is, and it just takes some re-reading to figure out who is who and who is where. The movies this series is drawing from were never that complicated because they were meant to be simple for the action-junkie audience (that isn’t a slight). In this comic series format, you can throw multiple parallel storylines and a vat of characters and juggle them. In this issue, we are continuing the insanity from the previous issue where Paul’s girlfriend discovered that the identical brother is pretending to be Paul. This makes for a very nice hand to hand combat scene that Burnham handles wonderfully. There is also a nice Brazilian stealth assassination mission in this issue. This is the format I would like the book to follow; a new mission with a briefing and then touch on other plot points between assignment scenes. We get some of Connie and one-page at the end with John who is about to get very busy.

Kirkman and Gimple are moving this along so well that is hard to see this going south anytime soon. I would like to know more about how they handle the actions scenes; if they write them or just let Chris Burnham go nuts and draw them however he wants.

Speaking of Burnham, he has a lot to do in this issue, and if you like explosive action, then you need to see his work in this series. Some of the scenes are long, but so fun to look at, and it translates well into the medium. Another stellar book for him.

This series has an audience, and I fit into the target demographic, but I don’t think there is another series currently on the shelf like this one. I keep saying it, and it always comes to the one word: FUN. They have quite a bit of it in this issue at the expense of Sesame Street. Yes, it is random and juvenile, but it fits the tone of the series and doesn’t hurt the issue. Everyone should give this series a chance because I think a lot of people would be surprised to find they like it.