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Published by: Oni Press
Released on: July 16, 2014
Writer: Rick Spears
Artist: James Callahan
Cover: James Callahan
With the movie wrapped, editing done, and the premiere date set, shitty movie maker Nathan T. Rex is on the way to Las Vegas to introduce the world to the love story “President's Dayâ€. With Darwin, Coconut, Rex's drug guru, and a few others, Rex drives the convertible, surrounded by bats a la Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Once there, the celebration starts. The guru pulls out something for them all to try: psychotropic and necrotoxic spider venom of his own design. The side effects include mild asphyxiation and boners that might kill the user. Sounds good! Hope the guru didn't fuck it up.
Things get really messy when things start to ooze and The Chuck Barf makes his debut. What is The Chuck Barf? Can't tell you. All kinds of disgusting things happen to the group, including Rex fucking up major with his blossoming relationship with Coconut. But they make it to the premier on time without Coconut, as does the skeletal ghost of Andy Warhol. The crowd reaction to Rex's piece of shit movie is exactly what you would expect if you were paying attention to the previous four issues. But to the producer's surprise, someone in the audience is pleased with the images on the silver screen; for Rex the movie is a success because of it.
The end of a great mini-series, especially one so awesome, is always a downer. Knowing this was the last issue actually made reading it a chore as it was put off for two weeks, with this reader not wanting it to be over with. It's one of the stories you don't want to see end. The combo of Spears and Callahan has put out one of the best mini-series of the year that, from start to finish, delivered exactly what it promised in the first few pages of issue one. It's a riot page after page, and Nathan T. Rex has become one of this reader's favorite comic book characters in a long, long time. MORE please. This team needs to crank out another series, ongoing or not. The sleaze, the ultra-violence, the crudeness, and the humor are in perfect combination here, and this is comic book creativity at its finest. This book is whole-heartedly recommended, no REQUIRED, for anyone who digs off-the-beaten-path material and comics that push the envelope of good taste.
