Product Description: Omaha Perez' vicious skewering of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic literary creations is finally collected! This version of the Sherlock Holmes mythos expands on Dr. Watson's revelation that Holmes was a narcotics addict. The World's Greatest Detective is a maniac completely out of his head on drugs at all times and Dr. Watson, his own personal "Dr. Feelgood," isn't much better off! Appearance meets reality as the duo must cope with their handicaps while recovering composer Joseph Haydn's missing skull.
imperfect but very fun I reviewed this work here ---> http://www.popthought.com/display_column.asp?DAID=1702
"...I suggest every fan of Sherlock Holmes to turn off their snooty outlook and allow me to offer this fun, outlandish book. HOLMES by Omaha Perez is the collection of the story begun by Perez back in 2005, and completed and offered now by Ait/Planet Lar. Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes are a new odd couple here, with Dr. Watson providing Holmes with narcotics, and the two search for the skull of Joseph Hayden. What a strange trip it becomes... I preferred Bodhisatva by Perez, mostly because it went far deeper philosophically and was so different from anything else around at the time. HOLMES is also different, but, more a wild spoof than a true addition to the mythos of Holmes and Watson. The art is good, I liked it, and the story was funny. But ultimately this seemed more an excursion of let me try this than I have an idea. I still recommend it, but be prepared to snort in disgust if you like Sherlock Holmes, and giggle in amusement if you do not..."
Not for the faint of heart I'm one of those few diehard Sherlockians who doesn't mind literary revisionism. I like the whole idea of playing around with great literary characters like Holmes and Watson, and I absolutely LOVE the things Phillip Jose Farmer did with those two over the past 30 years. But...
This graphic novel is a good idea -- what if Holmes and Watson were like Hunter S. Thompson and his Samoan attorney? -- but the execution is poor. Not only is the artwork barely passable -- which, amazingly, the author admits in his afterword -- but the story really goes nowhere. Sure, there is some irony in the tale, but that alone doesn't make this story work. And it's raunchy -- REALLY raunchy -- so watch out, you cleancut Sherlockians.
A good idea is done in by, well, mediocre art and a weak plot. Too bad.
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