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By Jim Massey & Robbi Rodriguez (Oni Press)
ISBN: 978-1932-6646-21
There are a lot of comedy comics around these days, many of which target their own playgrounds and make delightful sport with their own crowd. Maintenance is one such, and it’s a great one.
Creators Jim Massey and Robbi Rodriguez obviously love dumb movies, comic books and the wackiest of Sci-Fi trivia, and their ability to translate that into funny, fast-paced and magnificently more-ish reading should take them far.
Doug and Manny are just a couple of working stiffs trying to get by. Janitors, in fact. The job’s not glamorous, not well-paid, and is often physically unpleasant. Oh, and potentially lethal too. Doug and Manny do clean-up at MT, Harmony, the secret testing ground of the World’s most successful evil think tank.
When not bitching and griping they can be found getting rid of the less savoury detritus of the world’s maddest scientists – the slime from Marauding Gigamorphs, Man-Sharks, Time-bending troglodytes, mutant peanut armies, explosions, carnivorous Zombie Kittens, duplicitous imbecilic aliens and, of course, the dripping pools of sarcasm left by all those ungrateful boffins. How are a couple of simple working guys going to get by?
With hysterically, knowing wit, as little effort as possible and your undying critical and financial support for this brilliant series.
© 2006, 2007 Jim Massey & Robbi Rodriguez. All Rights Reserved.