Another Lobo/Autority comedy crossover? Why, oh God, why? There's only one thing worse than mindless carnage, and that's pointless carnage. The creators demonstrate a complete and utter disregard for understatement and subtlety in a story full of characters who are either imbeciles or assholes. There's a third category for the characters, and it's the most unfortunate: there are those who play things straight in this ludicrous fantasy of violence and the corruption of innocence. I'm honestly amazed that DC is stuill catering to a dwindling audience of Lobo fans.
Months after the Authority's initial encounter with Lobo, the Midnighter realizes there's still a loose end that needs to be tied off, and that's Lobo's presence in the Bleed. Jenny Quantum uses her cosmic awareness and reality-warping powers to detect him, and she discovers that he's cutting a bloody swath across the cosmos looking for the guy who owes him money for the assassination of Santa Claus. His client was the Easter Bunny, and if he knows what's good for him, he'll pay up.
Bisley and Henry's ejaculation of harsh linework and over-the-top, gory detail is certainly in keeping with what one expects from a Lobo comic book, but that doesn't mean it looks good. They bring the sort of texture one expects from an artist such as Richard Corben, but there's none of the discipline, craft and storytelling to be found here. Jenny Quantum looks as annoying and bratty as she sounds. The colors too often wash out the characters.
I realize this is just an extreme, violence-laden romp, but it still needs to follow some form of storytelling logic. But it doesn't. The unstoppable Lobo learns the Authority destroyed some that belongs to him, but he opts to take it out on the bad guy because... well, the reason given just isn't convincing at all.
That's just one aspect of the story that doesn't work. Another is the fact that a couple of the characters seem to ignore the inherent goofiness of the plot and take things seriously. It makes them look ridiculous. Others are completely unlikeable, such as the mouthy Jenny Quantum. Spending time with these incarnations of these characters isn't entertaining, it's painful.
I mentioned earlier that the Lobo audience is dwindling. It's an assumption on my part, I admit. I figure it must be getting smaller. After all, people have to grow up, don't they? 1/10
