Or – “Sex & Violence And All That Other Fun Stuff…”
My recent review of Bomb Queen got me thinking about adult themes in comics. When handled well, they can mean the difference between Captain Atom and Doctor Manhattan. When utilized poorly, we can be faced with ‘Sultry Teenage Super-Foxes.’ (I wouldn’t necessarily google that one.) In the early days of Vertigo, Grant Morrison took advantage of the Mature Readers tag, channeled the spirit of the (then-recent) ‘Natural Born Killers,’ and went for broke with a story that I remember fondly to this day…
**This Retro Review is Grant Morrison writing for the adult-oriented Vertigo Line, which is short-hand for Adult Themes, Content and Strong Language. If you are offended by such things, please DO NOT click the link.**