More Kick-Ass Comics to Read After Kick-Ass
Gonna be heading to the comic shop after Kick-Ass in search of other kick ass comics? Allow your pals at UGO to offer some suggestions on comics in a similar vein.
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By Ted Cornelius April 12, 2010 |
Batman: Year One
It's pretty safe to say that, if there ever was a precursor to Dave Lizewski's everyman heroics as Kick-Ass, it would be Bruce Wayne (a.k.a. Batman...duh). Sure, one could argue that Spider-Man is a better analogy for Kick-Ass' teenage heroics (and we'll get to him in a bit, calm down, fanboys), but in this Frank Miller and Dave Mazzucchelli epic, we see Batman's first attempts at vigilantism with utterly realistic results -- such as massive injuries and botched missions. Sounds familiar, huh?
The Authority: Under New Management
While a team of superheroes who live life as Mick Jagger-level rock stars may have little in common with lowly Lizewski, Mark Millar's debut on WildStorm's controversial series The Authority was nothing short of revolutionary, and arguably the series that made his name in the world of comics. By taking a squad of sneering heroes who see saving Earth as a hassle (after all, they have an entire universe to worry about) and showing them beating the pulp out of The Aven - um, classic superheroes, Millar ushered in a new era of comics, one that a former DC Comics publisher took issue with.
Powers
Do you remember the scene in Kick-Ass where all of the imitators begin to pop up, making being a wannabe superhero almost fashionable? Well, imagine that on a grand scale, with heroes with real powers - obviously, there would need to be some sort of police force to keep all of the them in line, and that's the basic idea behind Brian Michael Bendis and Mike Avon Oeming's fan-favorite series, Powers. The first trade, Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl, will have you hooked by page one, as a pair of detectives investigate the murder of the titular superheroine. That's all you're getting from us, go buy the book and thank us later.
Ex Machina
For those of us living in New York City, Hizzoner might as well be the president. Now, imagine if the mayor was granted strange powers that give him the ability to "talk" to machines - from telling a gun to jam to listening to a cell phone conversation from miles away. Hence the story of Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris' Ex Machina, in which the mayor of New York takes being a public servant one step further as his superhero alter ego, The Great Machine.
