Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

I figured with the quick read, at least I'd be able to get through this.   And I was.  I just was expecting this to amuse me more than it did.   Given, it had more to go with than the Gangsta Rap which tried to take itself seriously; this did not.   It's perverseness, the most fun parts about this, was in that it took something as mundane and innocent as a child's activity book and made it grotesque.  

Unfortunately, the execution felt as if it didn't quite match up to the idea or the art itself.  The art is amazing, and grotesque in every sense of the word.   (Grotesque is an art style, although the meaning has changed quite drastically since it was first used.)   It's in the grotesque style, but also shows grotesque images; the orders to the children are about choosing a new daddy, or helping monsters steal a child's dream.   (The choices of fathers are four monsters.)

And yet it still felt like it held back.   Many pages were simply drawings, and the subversion was more obvious, more horrifying, and cut to the heart of the matter more when it was an actual activity page, reminding one why this was so perverse in the first place. 

In other words, this both felt like it was on the verge of going to far and as if it were holding back a bit, too.   It made me feel weird, and happy that it was over at the end.   So, um, I kinda enjoyed it?