Xenia Uranova Uranova itibaren Krishnapuram, Tamil Nadu, Hindistan itibaren Krishnapuram, Tamil Nadu, Hindistan

This was a on-sale (sure why not) kinda buy, and it was a very pleasant surprise how much I enjoyed it. I will definitely listen to it again. The characters were amusing, the plot was enjoyable, I laughed out loud on several occasions.

This is a fun read. A little off the wall, and not very realistic when it comes to the conflict, but fun to read about local places I know pretty well, and also her viewpoint on the mormons from a non-member way of seeing things.

Ragmop is a crazy romp through conspiracy theories, bizarre religious speculation, and quantum hocus-pocus. Walton's art is like a cross between old Looney Tunes cartoons and 1960's Marvel comics. I first encountered Ragmop when it was serialized in comic book form back in 1994 and was very disappointed when Walton announced in the back of issue 12 that he was forced to cancel the series due to low sales. Browsing online one day I was pleased to discover that not only had the series been collected in a graphic novel but Walton had completed the story as well. Reading the collection I was surprised to find that Walton had rewritten parts to bring it up to date to a post-9/11 world. I have to question the wisdom of the rewriting. Imagine the Smothers Brothers taking episodes of their old TV series and dubbing over jokes about Richard Nixon with jokes about George W. Bush. Topical humor does not age well, but like George Lucas' continued fiddling with Star Wars, attempts to update just serve to lessen the whole. I'm giving the collection 4 stars for how much I loved it 15 years ago. The intervening years have lessen my enjoyment of conspiracy theories and all the nonsense about quantum theory meaning "anything can happen at anytime" just irritates me.