Comics Review: Mighty Moe Szyslak #1

If you’re expecting some decent Moe, this may not be the answer.

A few interesting things to note about this release of Might Moe #1. For starters, this is the first time a digital-only release of a comic has the same price as what the print comics used to be @ $2.99. But, we definitely get a bit more bang for our buck, especially when you compare this release to the recent Futurama and Krusty #1 releases.

In any event, “Moe Brother: Where Art Thou” is quite possibly the worst written Simpsons Comics story ever. It’s literally about Moe seeing himself in the mirror thereby convincing himself he has a twin brother that’s in town. Moe & Barney’s Excellent Adventure felt more like a Futurama premise and isn’t exactly unique as the show has done tons of time travel shit, but at least there was a lot of meat on the bones in terms of plot and some pretty fun depictions of Hitler and other historically fun elements.

I much preferred the two shorts. A love story featuring Moe’s rag and then the bit more deprecating “Love Accurately”, the latter featuring a couple of surprise cameos that are almost worth the price of admission by themselves.

I was, at first, super excited for a Moe #1, because Moe’s constant self-deprecating and self-serving humor is his best elements and we really don’t get a lot of that other than from the shorts. I think the writers had a real opportunity to do something a bit more Wes Anderson and instead, we kinda got the same old same old.