Jackson, Ed – Hard Times #10

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Hard Times #10

Well, one thing is for sure about this issue: if you ever see movies in the theater, you’ll relate to it.  You can tell from the cover what this is going to be about, and you can probably tell from the cover whether or not it’s for you, but it handled the subject well, while managing to make the subject funny.  Granted, if you can’t laugh at assholes talking on their cell phone in the movie theater you’re probably incapable of laughter.  Still, there was every chance that this wouldn’t be funny, so credit where it’s due.  In this issue our hero and his date decide to take in a movie.  After choosing a movie from the list of crappy options that are out there today (really, this comic is timeless in this way, as the variety of movies available has been about the same since the TV remake craze started), the two main characters deal with long lines, commercials before the movie, people talking during the movie and the incessant use of a cell phone.  This doesn’t even get into all the nonsense happening on the screen, as they sneak into two other movies to get their money’s worth out of the experience.   I can’t say any major ground was broken with this comic, and there are still hints of pencil lines (although, in all fairness, not nearly as much as in the last issue) and way too many spelling errors, but it’s still a fun issue.  $1