review 1: Hopeless Savages features a sort of 'who's who' of indie comics from the period, and explores a sort of domestic punk world--the world of classic punk rock moving into family life. It's cute, and illustrates the sort of social consciousness which came from that movement on a familial scale: what do children of punks idealize, and in what manner of tiny ways? The genre skips around from series to series, but always makes a point to high light a better world through punk's dying--and forgotten by the majority of the population--influence, through the eyes of children who live through a subculture which focused on group identity well after that identity has been replaced by 21st century homogony. While contemporary punk culture is still trying to fight the good old fight, the... more kids in HS had that fight handed down from them from parents the way religion and politics often are handed down; the Hopeless-Savages are a stronger familial unit even than functional families of a more conservative bend, possibly because their ideals are so fiercely inclusive. review 2: The one love story in the middle went on a little long. Picked this one from the library up on a whim, mostly based off the cover. I had been expecting something a little more tank girl-ish, but found myself getting sucked into the stories. The bonus material at the end is surprisingly good as well and the family stories are sweet.[return][return]And I love the made up words. It's almost worth reading just for that. less
