Written By: Grant Morrison
Illustrated By: Cameron Stewart
Vertigo
Meet our new saviour – Seaguy. A hero who hasn’t really had an adventurous life and spends his days in New Venice, watching his favourite cartoon Mickey Eye (a show about an all-seeing and all knowing eye).
One of Seaguy’s favourite things to do is to go to the Mickey Eye Amusement park, but, it doesn’t satisfy his urge for adventure. His one and only wish is to go on a journey and impress a beautiful warrior woman (with a beard) named She-Beard, but, he can’t seem to get around to it because he was told that the world doesn’t need heroes anymore.
However, when Seaguy and Chubby (his fish side-kick) discover that a new food staple called Xoo is somewhat self aware, they decide to protect it from evil forces and bring it home.
Seaguy lives in what seems like a perfect world where the super-heroes aren’t needed and spend most of their time riding the rides at the Mickey Eye amusement park. Now that all the evil in the world was abolished after the Anti-Dad was destroyed by the super-heroes, they were all left jobless and without cause.
I thoroughly enjoyed this mini-series and although it is only three issues, it is set up and delivered skillfully and logically as to be expected from a writer such as Morrison. Seaguy does find the adventure he seeks with each being surprisingly more tragic than the last, until one day he discovers the secret history of the moon.
I must say I came into this issue with high expectations for the artwork alone (great Canadian artist Cam Stewart), but, was also pleasantly surprised to find a solid story beneath such an off-putting title. Seaguy is something I had read long ago and didn’t find myself too impressed with, but after reading for a second time (with a year gap in-between) it actually made me happy, and wanting to continue to indulge this world and hang out with Seaguy and Chubby a little more. I’m not certain if it is because I have become a little more familiar with Grant Morrison’s writing style or if I just didn’t look as hard into it as I originally had, but that is neither here nor there because when you complete the book your are sure to realize it is ultimately one of Morrison’s greatest works.
This is a title worth looking through for any comic fan, it’s short, simple and a really enjoyable read.
4/5. Happy reading.
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