Kick-Ass

I finished re-reading Kick-Ass the other day & I must say it was much better than I thought given my first encounter with the title.  The first time I read this was shortly after I saw the movie & I thought that this was one of the few cases where the movie out shines the book.  I still feel that way but now that I have re-examined this title & I realize that this is an amazing book all on it's own.  Just think of all of new ideas for comics that have come since this book was released we now have a title called The Bounce & Deathmatch these are titles that most likely would not exist if Kick-Ass hadn't paved the way.  Also there is now a whole sub culture of people dressing up in super-hero costumes & going on patrol in major cities around the world.  This might have been going on even before Kick-Ass but it started making headlines in national news media following this title.  This is a simple story about a high school kid who starts dressing up like a super-hero to but quickly discovers what a bad idea it is.  There are some major differences between the book & the film I still feel that the film is superior.  The main reason I like the film more is due to the fact that Dave gets Katie where as in the book she crushes him mentally & physically.  There several other differences but I view them as minor compared to that of Dave & Katie.  I also think that this title has grown on me due to the fact that I have become even more desensitized to this type of graphic violence over the years in movies, books & television.  Its a shame in someways because that is something that I don't believe an individual can ever regain.  Now that Mark Millar is working on Kick-Ass 3 & the second movie is coming out in August I advise people to check out this title & see what inspired the film.  I truly think this is going to be the creator owned work he is remembered for.  It has also set the tone for what people can expect from his work uber violence, gore & snappy dialog.