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Joe Pineapples: Tin Man (A.B.C. Warriors) review










I just cannot refuse another great yarn by the Godfather of British comics, Pat Mills!

Simon Bisley's art looks a little lazy at times, but Clint Langley's art is solid and carries the book.

Potty mouth sewage droid Ro-Jaws and sniper extraordinaire Joe Pineapples are stuck on a feces asteroid or is it a cacasteroid or maybe an assteroid for millions of years.

Since he's marooned for many millennia, Joe takes the time to reflect on his life, and tries to forget a comrade from his checkered past: an influential female that he had fallen for.

It's a story about longing to be human, escaping your fleshy envelope, immortality, free will, identity, losing your mind, love, loss, friendship and the memories that linger inside your soul, even the festering ones that you would like to erase. Lots of things to digest.

Best LOL moments: Ro-Jaws telling Joe that he understands perfectly what ghost Swarf Feegar is saying, Joe asking Ro if he has other voices available in his system, Ro's face when smitten and Ro's stomach getting our duo in dire straits.

Fans will go Bananas for this terrific new chapter of A.B.C. lore.

I give it an 8/10.


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