Snails With Lasers is an independent comic book written by Stephen Hines with art and lettering by Aaron Lindeman. I picked up this comic at the always excellent SPACE convention this year. I’d like to start by quoting some dialogue on page 1: “Rebooting should be finished by the time the reader reaches the second page.” Yes! This indicates this is going to be a fun ride!
The general plot of the comic is about some aliens who encounter Earth and decide humanity needs some culling. So they, of course, enlarge some snails and equip them with lasers to kill all “willfully ignorant” humans. That’s quite the task if you think about it!
But the overall plot isn’t as important as getting in as many jokes as possible. Jokes about humanity. Jokes about Florida. Jokes about politics. A bunch of jokes because snails are funny and so are humans. Jokes that involve serious adult language and extreme violence. In a very funny way.
Anyway, I’m trying not to tell the jokes myself because I want people to buy the comic. The art and writing are really really good, and it’s well worth the cost for the entertainment value. You just java to be entertained by extreme jokes. Occasionally. Not all the funny stuff is too extreme. I have purchased some other works of Stephen Hines over the years, and I’m sorry I haven’t reviewed them all. So let me recommend all his stuff right now! He has a shop here!
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