D4ve can’t catch a break in “D4VE #2” – REVIEW

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D4VE #2
IDW Publishing

Story and Letters: Ryan Ferrier
Art and Colors: Valentine Ramon
Edits: David Hedgecock

Poor D4VE can’t catch a break. His life as a robot hero are days gone by. All he has now is a crappy job that he is horrible at and deserves to be fired from. His life at home has detracted to the point that his wife is leaving him. Meanwhile the kid that they ordered has arrived and is making D4VE’s live a living hell. Just like a teenage kid should be, he doesn’t care what is going on, and is doing everything wrong including prank calling his robot dad at work. Every minute of D4VE’s life is boring to him and just hears “blah blah blah” from everyone around him.

The script for D4VE has me laughing and agreeing with the main character. If you are past your prime and no longer needed by anyone, there is only a few things that you can do to get by… and that is daydreaming. It just so happens that these daydreams that D4VE is having, coincide with an alien invasion. The interaction and frustration that a robot can show is part of the reason this comic is funny. This is a great parody with the right amount of humor and story. The artwork in this comic is also very fun. The colors of this robot Earth show that it isn’t just some gray steel future but still a world with life. There are times in the panels that the detail and over the top robot culture remind me that this story about a has-been is a comedy.

Now that the invasion isn’t just a scene from D4VE’s daydreams, and he can once again prove how useful he is. I can’t but help root for him. Life has been in the dumps for this guy (what is the slang term for a male robot?) and just when he thought it couldn’t get worse, it did. However, now he has one chance to win his wife back, earn the respect of his son, and be a somebody (some-robot?). The creative team of this comic has me looking forward to each new issue.

By Cory Anderson

Born in Boston MA, raised in NH. Fully functioning adult who happens to read any and every comic under the (yellow)sun. Of course there are the favorite comics I must read when they're released, but any comic is fair game in my eyes. Of course my love for pop culture doesn't end with comics, but branches out to movies, toys, video games and most importantly Dungeons and Dragons (which I withheld this last hobby from my Fiancée until she said "Yes"). Point of Origin for my nerdy condition may have been in '93 when I got slimed at Nickelodeon(now closed), and a teenage accident or two(collapsed lungs) landing me in the hospital around the same time the Tobey Maguire Spiderman movies started coming out. When my dad stopped at the local comic store and brought me the essential comics for Spiderman and the X-Men, I stood no chance. (Which also created a secret aspiration to start a fundraiser of sorts to bring comic books to kids in hospitals to keep their spirits up(nothing has come of this to date)) Add in a heavy dose of trip to Disney World, upcoming Disney themed wedding and a career aspiration to become a Disney Imagineer, I think it's safe to say I never want to grow up. Xbox Live Gamertag: AllusiveReaper7 (If you notice my xbox achievement score, you might assume I game a bit) Twitter: @AllusiveReaper7 Recent comic addictions(Non "Big Two"): Saga, Crossed, Coffin Hill, Rat Queens, Pathfinder and Rover Red Charlie Collects: Old Comics (Green Lama), Miniatures (D&D, Heroclix, Star Wars), Action Figures preferably 90s and older, and comic book themed hats Systems Owned: NES (though it was my sister's), Game Boy(The gray brick), Sega Genesis, N64, Dreamcast, PS2, Game Boy Advanced, Nintendo DS, Xbox, Xbox360, Wii, Xbox One, Junk PC

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