Comic Strip Review – Jamie Hewlitt – Tank Girl – The Taste Of Paradise
@arthurchappell (44941)
Preston, England
June 13, 2016 8:31am CST
1994/5 Deadline Magazine
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The first strip of Tank Girl’s final year of irreverent active service to those who don’t give a flying damn.
Tank Girl & Booga, her mutant kangaroo boyfriend, sober up enough to learn that there is to be a major Australian beach convention for bounty hunters, in effect putting many of the men who have broken up Tank Girl’s parties in one place.
Tank Girl plans a blitzkrieg air-raid assault to wipe out many of her enemies in one go, and it really is just a turkey shoot as she faces little resistance. Tank Girl turns her massacre into a game in which she and Booga impersonate various pop-culture celebrities and game show hosts as they slaughter their way through their eccentric but clueless opponents.
This is little more than an excuse for a string of violent jokes but very funny.
Arthur Chappell
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
14 Jun 16
@Jessicalynnt yes it is very offbeat and Hewlitt, the writer went on to create the virtual pop group Gorillaz with Damon Albarn from Blur - this is the very strange but brilliant video from their hit, Clint Eastwood - it has some of the style and mood of Tank Girl art work
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood VIRGIN (P) 2005 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by EMI Records Ltd
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@teamfreak16 (43685)
• Denver, Colorado
13 Jun 16
I've never read any of these, nor seen the movie, but this sounds hilarious.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
13 Jun 16
@teamfreak16 Tank Girl comics were very anarchic and subversive - the nearest thing to punk rock in comic form
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
13 Jun 16
All I know about Tank Girl is I saw the movie a long time ago.
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@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
13 Jun 16
@JohnRoberts the film was a travesty of everything about the comics - it actually stopped the comic selling too and finished off a great series of punk era graphics
