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(The) Auteur #4 (of 5)

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    Todd Jordan
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  • (The) Auteur #4 (of 5)



    Published by: Oni Press
    Released on: June 18, 2014
    Writer: Rick Spears
    Artist: James Callahan
    Cover: James Callahan
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    Serial killer Darwin is on the loose thanks to the action of one Nathan T. Rex: crappy movie producer, degenerate druggie, and now accessory to murder that was caught on camera. His boss sees the footage and thinks it's so incredibly life-like and amazing, and loves it. Normally such high praise would please the weasel director, but not so. He is so terrified of being discovered that accolades fall on deaf ears. Rex wants that evidence gone and decides to make President's Day a love story instead, in the hopes of saving his soul. The police are watching him too, so there's that to deal with.

    Still infatuated with the voluptuous Coconut, he uses lines from the newly revised romantic movie script to try and win her over, and FINALLY gets her to crack a little, getting her to come down to the set and see the big FX pyrotechnic shot the next day. In his usual frantic fashion, he gets a little carried away with the magnitude of the explosion and that causes problems on an even larger scale than his releasing a homicidal brute back into society. Nathan T. Rex is one of the dumbest people on the planet it would seem.

    The book continues to be consistently funny, perfectly sleazy, and a total blast to read. Rick Spear's characterization of Rex makes for one of the best new characters of the year. He leaves the reader wanting more and hopefully there will be after next issue's finale, as Nathan T. Rex deserves more adventures. He's just too good to let slip into comic obscurity. The art by James Callahan is so fitting for this book, enhancing the humor already in the script in the maniacal way he illustrates the book. And his covers are eye-popping, as is the Superman spoof that houses this month's issue. The two men deliver some great timing that result in some hilarious moments throughout the series, and this issue has its share of the for sure. Again this reader laughed audibly when reading The Auteur, something that has happened in every single issue. That just doesn't happen like that, ever. This book is successful on so many levels and deserves to be on every serious comic book reader's list.


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