Post-Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol, it’s easy to follow, non-derivative, written with deep and interesting characters, and the fantastic artwork keeps pace with the wacky world building. Prior knowledge of the Doom Patrol will help but is not required. Read this.

i received an ARC of this through NetGalley. gerard way says in the afterword that "we want you to feel like it's 3:00am and you have no idea what's going on - but somehow you do?" and he succeeded admirably in this goal. this was a surrealist, touching, ingenious postpostpostpostmodernist masterpiece. seriously, put postmodernism (and a whole lot of brilliance) in a blender for a few hours and this will pop out, probably. another thing Way mentioned in the afterword was that a reviewer said tha...

If you are interested in the arts, you are an oddball to the general public, but being an outsider allows you to be creative, no matter what weird ideas that comes out of your mind. However, there is a tendency of being too weird and when it comes to comics, no one epitomizes this more than Grant Morrison, a man with such a unique imagination that either rises or falls depending on the material. Amongst the number of creators Morrison has influenced, Gerard Way has been very local about his love...

At the beginning of this volume, the narrative hardly makes any sense at all, and even though the narrative starts to make sense about midway through, it's still not easy to wrap your head around. However, something that comes through loud and clear is the theme. That theme is that regardless how weird or how much of an outsider you are, there is always a place for you. That place is not necessarily a location, but rather belonging to a group of tolerant people who will love you for who you are....

This is inventive and great fun. The two EMT characters are lovingly drawn, and I like the ragged transitions and surreal little vignettes.The problem is of course this: how do you follow Grant Morrison's Doom Patrol run? That was one of my all-time favorite comic series, and I was almost crying when it ended. While it's great to hang with the old crew again, I'd rather not see the reinvented Jane; Morrison's ending was just so devastating, this seemed a bit of a cheat. (I know Doom Patrol conti...

A young EMT named Casey Brink witnesses Robotman being hit by a garbage truck and she's pulled into the maelstrom of weirdness that is... the Doom Patrol!Here we are, another decade, another Doom Patrol book. The Doom Patrol went from being DC's version of the Fantastic Four in the 60s to being the book that put Grant Morrison on the map in the early nineties. There were a few more attempts at a Doom Patrol series after Morrison's but they weren't very memorable, although I still remember the la...

Let’s say someone asked you for the cosine of a rutabaga. That’s what reading this book is like.And, yet, I enjoyed it, and Nick Derington’s art is delightful. So, you know what? Toss me the nearest root vegatable. I’ve got some ratios to calculate.

"You don't know what's going on inside of someone, really. There's a hidden universe in there... full of secret stars."In this issue of Doom Patrol, Gerard Way puts his own unique spin on a classic set of characters. While you may recognize the cast, everyone can find something brand new to love in the beautiful, bold artwork and zany dialogue of Brick by Brick.---The afterword of this graphic novel summed up so many of my thoughts regarding the book. Gerard wrote, “We want you to feel like it’s...

I re-read this after going through the Morrison run. It makes so much more sense now. I actually enjoyed it alot more. Characters are explained a little better in Morrisons run if you can believe that.

An enchanted colostomy bag belches into existence The Bliznar, an anthropomorphic multi-gender entity whose left testicle is running for Mayor of Kandahar and who wants to write this year’s Christmas No. 1 jig. But a ragtag team of anti-hero pro-superhero anti-hairdressers called Bloom 50 Squad have to lose the intergalactic atomic race and lock up the evil Princess Bitchtacular before the FixFaxes obliterate the comics universe of the 12th Dimension! Better gwant up the pooble before sippy revs...

Doom Patrol is a series I’ve always wanted to try out. I wish I had before jumping in with Brick by Brick because honestly, I couldn’t make heads or tails of what was going on. So perhaps that’s where my problem lies? Maybe I went into a long running series and didn’t know any of the back stories in order to know what the story was about now. I’m not sure if that made sense or not but I’m not really sure about anything at the moment. I really wanted to LOVE this one because it’s written by Gerar...

I'm not even going to try and give a plot synopsis because it's so convoluted that I'm not even sure what the hell happened. I was very excited to see a new Doom Patrol book. It's always been one of my favorite books at DC. I liked the Kupperberg run, the crazy weird Grant Morrison Vertigo run, and Keith Giffen's run from about 10 years ago. Gerard Way didn't even scare me away. Umbrella Academy was actually pretty good. But this just sucked.The Good: Way brings back most of the team from Morris...

This is my first Doom Patrol book. Which might not be the best idea...Still, I was really surprised by this. So what's the plot? Well a bunch of people, very weird and different people, start coming together. There's a ambulance driver who's ready to save everyone she could. A magic wielding woman who blows up her roommate. Then a walking talking robot who kicks ass. You got a dude who transforms into a mummy like person. Then you...wait, did I lose you? Yeah it's zanny as fuck but this is how a...

The first time I read Way's Doom Patrol, without any context or prior knowledge of the team, I absolutely hated it. I thought it was nonsensical. Now, after reading Grant Morrison's iconic run and watching the (very good) TV show adaptation, I actually really enjoyed what Way is doing in this book. It was still really tough to get into at first, the first two issues just throw so much random stuff at you without any context, but if you power through and let yourself just experience the events of...

I enjoyed this one, but I don't think I really understood everything that was going on. It's like listening to a song with some of the lyrics being sung in a language you don't understand, but it still sounds good. It's engagingly written, and the art is superb for the storytelling style. According to Way's afterword I wasn't really supposed to understand it linearly, which is fine; a little absurdity and psychedelic surrealism is a good thing for you sometimes. Every time I thought I was gettin...

I almost gave this one star, but relented. Why? Doom Patrol really took off under Grant Morrison's run. It was smart, edgy and very strange. Yet the big picture plot behind the stories was always something unusual and new. Gerard Way tries very hard to recapture the magic of the Doom Patrol under GM. Sadly he falls far short of the mark. This version of Doom Patrol tries really hard to be as intelligent as GM's version. They even bring in some old villains to help the story relive it's glory day...

The art was the best part of this single. The plot was only "okay."

Believe it or not, this is my first Doom Patrol book. I really like Gerard Way and his general oddity when writing. Doom Patrol was weird, but also very entertaining. I'm not sure how much is built upon previous writers' work, but the direction captivated me enough to keep me coming back for more. Overall all, I've been very pleased with the Young Animal imprint.

3.5 stars. An affectionate tribute to the Morrison/Case Doom Patrol with enough new ideas and likable new characters to avoid being just a cover version. The artwork by Nick Derington and Tamra Bonvillain is especially charming. Occasionally, the scripts verge on twee, but mostly they stay on the right side of that line. There are some problems with pacing; after 4 issues of fun, ambling "getting the band back together" material, issue 5 introduces - and then dispatches - a bunch of villains all...

It’s difficult for me to write an accurate review of The Doom Patrol in general, let alone one for this specific volume. The Doom Patrol isn’t like other comics. For one thing, it's strange. I mean, like, really strange. And it embraces its strangeness, not just in its eclectic cast of characters: Robotman, Crazy Jane, Negative Man, Flex Mentallo, but in its ideas.What other comic can you think of that features a sentient street named Danny who can transport itself(…himself?) anywhere on Earth.