Review of Nothing Left to Lose

I have to say seeing people melt and the world end every few pages is never a bad thing. I think that shows here. The story is a bit confusing and I'm not really going to dig into it here because that would require drawing graphs and having a translator. No really it's just about a few people who's lives intertwine because of a conspiracy by a pharmaceutical company creating a monster...like I said graphs.

The characters are a bit flat at times and lacking personality they all seem to have one trait and run with it. Most the people in this book are crazy and there insanity seems to reflect some type of power. Gerald sees clocks above peoples heads. If it hits zero you die. Another character Joe sees the end of the world, something I would pay to do. He also sees some awful monster, which keeps telling him, "soon." These could be visions of the future, or he's bat shit crazy. The villain is just that, a gruff villain, if all comics were movies the same actor would play this guy. It's old and I don't care any more.

The comic doesn't really build to anything and when things happen to the characters you really don't feel connected to it. With the nurses he uses this to his advantage and being flat characters helps the characters, but with the protagonist you should have some sort of connection. He cries way to much, Joe that is. He just starts with the water works for no reason.

Aw hell here is a small plot rundown, just enough to make you get the book or not:

Gerald used to be in a nut house for his clock problem, he now cleans the pharmaceutical company that has a monster, the one Joe sees. Joe gets put in the same nut house, Sunny Elms. Gerald is locked in a room with something at work, he breaks the door down and goes home. The guys he works with did this. That morning he learns there is a total lockdown at his job. His boss blames him for breaking the door down and letting something escape. At the nut house they are being led somewhere safe because of the lockdown at the pharmaceutical company. Joe escapes with a few friends and meets up with the things from his visions.

As much as I try to hate this comic I can't, I'm not sure what it is about it. The people melting end of the world is a major factor, but also the stubble social commentary. With a range of topics he attacks in an informed and sharp opinion the author passes information in an off hand manor. The art goes from to bad to beautiful in a single page. While some things seem childish and a bit amateur there is a creepy feeling about the book that I enjoy.

If you want a quote here it is, " I wouldn't pay to get the book, but I'd have a friend buy it. Borrow it then never give it back. Only to, years later, wonder why I have it at all." 7 out of 10