The Thousands

My best friend Neil and I went to see Spawn at Greater Union when I was a kid. He took LSD. I couldn’t understand a word he said. I’m not sure what happened to Neil but one thing’s for certain, that movie was a big deal for Todd McFarlane and that Mexican actor who played Luigi in the Super Mario Brothers movie. With all the nasty, gothic Batman movies getting a renaissance lately, surely there’s another Spawn flick right around the corner. Until then, Todd McFarlane and co-creator Robert Kirkman have put their balls on the line with Image Comics’ very rare, and entirely new release, Haunt.**This comic has all the trademarks of McFarlane’s imaginative Canadian mind. Religious and sinister flavours come to life in the debut with amazing artwork, a unique story and a concept that gives you optimism for the entire medium. We open the book to find a priest screwing a hooker. Yeah, it’s pretty bad-ass from there. Australia has a good history of banning books and video games, and in light of their wonderful performance I’d like to make a suggestion: ban this comic. Purely based on the whole priest nailing a hooker thing. There’s no better way to get everyone interested in something than telling them they can’t have it.