Boys and girls i'm going try something that i've honestly been wanting to do for the past few months but have been putting it of and that is a monthly review of the Viz Comic strips. I'm not going to lie this could be the only one that gets done but if it gets enough support then it very well could become a monthly thing on top of the yearly Viz Annuals reviews as well and since this is a new thing i'm also going to come up with a new format which which you will see during the review and so here is my review of the June 2020 issue from Viz.
CHARACTERS FEATURED INCLUDE
8ACE
In this issue 8ace and his wife go to the shops and his wife has to stop him spending all of there money on cans of beer. I'll be honest i've never been a fan of this character to me he's just not funny in anyway and this issue does nothing to shift my opinion of him I honestly don't see why the character is still appearing in these strips since from what I can gather all of his stories are the exact same or at least in my opinion they are anyways.
THE FAT SL*GS
The story fo these two in this issue is that after having thirty six pizzas in the space of a week they decide to grow some vegetables. It's a really simple story which I think works well for these characters but it did leave me wondering how in the hell they could afford over thirty pizzas in the space of a week when they have no jobs but overall it was a very enjoyable story and one that made great use of the characters.
THE MAIL ONLINE
I love this strip and the story for this issue I thought was pretty funny with the story being that the wife character wants to go out but the husband following the strict UK lockdown guidelines refuses to leave the house and so we see what happens to him after a month of not leaving the houses even refusing to go into his own garden. This was actually a pretty funny story simply because it's something that rings true for a lot of people right now and the fact that it didn't demonise people who are like that to me made the story feel more sweet.
NEWSPARER ARTICLES
As is tradition with these Viz issues there are some spoof newspaper articles which I personally didn't mind that much this time around. Sadly tho they weren't as funny as perhaps they could have been especially given what's been going on in the world over the past month there's a lot of stuff that they could have lampooned but sadly they don't do it which is a shame but hey it means that they will have stuff ready for next month's issue at least.
There are also a bunch of spoof comments from the general public as well some of which I thought were pretty funny. With perhaps the best example being someone asking why elephants have this reputation for remembering everything when they don't have have a go at him for something he did fifteen years ago which while it's not laugh out loud funny it is still a pretty funny joke and one which I liked.
ONE OFF STRIPS
A STEPTOE AND SON ONE OFF SPOOF
Now i'm not going to mention anything about the art just because if this is going to be a monthly thing then it's something that I don't want to bring up and repeat myself with every single month. What I wasn't expecting was a Steptoe And Son spoof which for you Americans is the show that spawned Sanford And Son , I honestly wasn't expecting this since no one talks about Steptoe And Son and really hasn't done for decades and so to see the characters spoofed here was a real joy for me personally and I hope that they spoof more classic British comedies in future issues.
A KING KONG SPOOF
Yes ladies and gents you read that right there's a King Kong spoof in this months issue which I have to admit was fairly funny. To put it simply the spoof follows the plot of the original Kong except it replaces the characters with British TV stars even Kong himself is here portrayed by a British TV star i'm trying not to spoil anything just because if you can find away to read this issue then I highly recommend it just for this strip alone because it really is that funny in my opinion.
Overall while alot of this issue isn't that funny there are still alot of funny stories in this issue that make it worth reading in my opinion. There you go guys that was my pilot review for the Viz Comics series with any luck this series will continue every month with a review of the latest issue and i'll review the yearly annuals as and when I possibly can , sorry for the lack of HD images but if you know Viz then you know the type of content that they include hence why i've edited one of the names and not included that many HD images as for this issue tho it gets a 7 out of 10 from me and well i'll see you all in July with the nest issue.