BRZRKR Vol. 1

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So we have BRZRKR a project starring Keanu as written by Keanu (with an assist from established comic writer Matt Kindt) surely pictured for the big screen. Matt Kindt may be the real criminal in this whole enterprise, but who knows how much pen-to-paper work he actually had to do here. As a comic this is mildly entertaining. As a parade of variant covers no one asked for all trying to find ways to draw Keanu covered in blood, weapons, and bloody weapons it's a masterclass. - so. many. variants. This wasn’t really what I was expecting. It’s more fantasy leaning, and Reeves being Reeves I think I was expecting something more SF. Jennings, Collier (2021-02-06). "BRZRKR #1 Is the Best Selling Comic Since Marvel's Star Wars #1 in 2015". CBR . Retrieved 2023-01-04.

Then there is the story, which feels derivative, most blatantly of The Old Guard. There's quite some narration, which made me think how much more powerful of a statement this could've been without any narration, and the barest of words spoken.Apparently, his mother prayed for a weapon to deliver her people from marauding tribes, and ended up with a lightning bolt to the twat that impregnated her with a BRZRKR baby. If you can get past the gratuitous violence, it has some great themes- the hero's birth and crossing the threshold of manhood, the death of the parents or guardians, the eternal war of the uncivilized portion of the psyche and the civilized part.

Johnston, Rich (2021-02-04). "Keanu Reeves' BRZRKR #1 Sells Over 615,000 Copies To Comic Stores". Bleeding Cool News And Rumors . Retrieved 2023-01-04.So yes, this does feel like a storyboard for a Netflix series, and personally, I hate it when comics do that. Be a great comic first and foremost - don't be so desperate to be something else. Really, people, it's a totally angry and tired immortal written by and featuring Keanu. Sorry, I mean, Tool/Weapon. :) And that's what he is in the comic, a tool by the US Gov but a tool since his birth 80k years ago, never dying, fed on bloodshed, and now just wanting to be mortal. That angle is only half-heartedly pursued though as the main point of the book seems to be having Keanu killing a LOT of dudes, either in the present day or caveman times, for no real reason other than he can. And, though I found the action tiresome after a while, the bloodiness is so absurdly over-the-top that it made me laugh occasionally. Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor. Born in Beirut and raised in Toronto, Reeves began acting in theatre productions and in television films before making his feature film debut in Youngblood (1986). He had his breakthrough role in the science fiction comedy Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989), and he reprised his role in its sequels. He gained praise for playing a hustler in the independent drama My Own Private Idaho (1991) and established himself as an action hero with leading roles in Point Break (1991) and Speed (1994). He was born in a village that got raided every year until their leading pair had had enough. The female village leader went into a cave and "prayed to the gods" - and they (or "he") answered. She woke up pregnant and gave birth after only 60 days. The kid also grew up in record time, but it was obvious soon that this "child" was bloodthirsty. In fact, he was unable to talk whenever he was in one of his states.