Comic Review: Brickleberry ArMOOgeddon #4

Great things come in 4’s.

And so we reach the end of our journey. It’s been a wild, crazy, and unforgettable ride. It taught me many things- none of which I can repeat in polite public. The universe contained in this series is a unique place. It’s a place in which talking bear cubs are delightfully cynical; alien cows will enslave the world; Jesus is brought up with an “urban” attitude; bear mascots and corrupt mayors can smoke crack together in harmony; and male-on-male hand and blow jobs aren’t gay as long as it’s from your future self. This is a universe that never fails to make me laugh. This is Brickleberry, and every outrageous, amazing, glorious moment is better than the last.

There are two types of  series endings: 1) The one where it’s a dramatic and emotional good-bye, which pretty much seals the deal and ends the show for good (think Wonder Years, Breaking Bad, and even Seinfeld to some degree) and 2) The one that  ends on a non-depressing note that lets the fans know that there is hope for more, later on down the road. I can’t speak for everyone but I much prefer the latter. The former motif ending is such a drag and leaves me feeling empty, because it’s over, definitely. The latter leaves me with a smile on my face and gives me immeasurable hope for a continuation. Even if the ending implies that it can continue, and ultimately never does, I still feel good that my time spent invested in these characters wasn’t just flushed down the crapper in an instant. I won’t tell you exactly how issue #4 ends, but I will say that after finishing it, I didn’t have the urge to take a hot shower and weep my eyes out in the corner. Instead, when I turned past the final page, I was left with an uncontrollable pleasant grin on my suckhole.

In conclusion: issue #4 was a great ending to a great 4-part comic arch. All 4 issues of ArMOOgeddon were consistently entertaining and each one had several parts that jump out as particularly worthy of the cover price. Watch the complete TV show of 3 seasons, and then read all 4 comics chronologically, and you would have experienced, in my opinion, arguably, the greatest animated series of all time.