“The Delinquents” #2 continues the crazy hero / team-up / hobo treasure hunt train that took off last month with all kinds of wackiness. This series is perfectly titled as these “heroes” literally have to get “pickled into a stupor by breakfast” as to stay on mission. Plus there’s The Goat. This series is a whoop with some hoots thrown in for good measure.
WRITTEN BY: James Asmus and Fred Van Lente
ART BY: Kano
PUBLISHER: Valiant Entertainment
PRICE: $3.99
RELEASE: 17 September 2014
Reviewed by: Your Friendly Neighborhood Brady
Twitter: @mrbradysteele
The two halves of the hobo ass map (yep, that’s a thing here) are slowly coming together as Archer & Armstrong along with Quantum & Woody are drawn towards the same destination: The Bluff House. I don’t care if writers James Asmus and Fred Van Lente researched a single thing in this mini-series. The hobo code, the oddities museum, Da Vinci’s wings…It doesn’t matter in the least. Why? These antics and interactions between all these screw-ups with good intentions are so darn utterly unpredictable and off-the-wall that it’s just a pure joy to read.
Kano’s art seems unshakable in what he can portray herein. There are bullet train rides, rampaging horny bulls, slaughters, would-be epic battles (if things were not forgeries), monster museums and honest facial expressions. This story is supremely non-super heroic but dang it all if it isn’t a treasure to watch unfold.
Fellow readers, we are truly in a golden age of comic book storytelling. I used to compare the wide range of comics out nowadays to how many great TV shows are out there. I’m happy to declare that comics continue to surpass that other medium with examples like The Delinquents #2. It’s so utterly unlike anything else I’ve ever read or seen that it stands all on its own. This creative is proudly showing off what semi-noble folks would do with powers and a treasure map and a pregnant male goat can do or blunder into.