by The World Weary
Authors: Neil Druckman
Illustrators: Faith Erin Hicks
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Genre: Video Game Comic
Series: Last of Us Issues 1 - 4
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They Grow Up So Fast…
This review is of the Trade Paperback edition which collects issues 1-4.
It’s
a mad world we live in. As an adult, it’s hard not to reminisce about a
time not so long ago, when things seemed better and hope was within
reach. I look at young people these days and wonder how different it
must be for them. To them, the wars in the middle east, the increasing
tensions between Russia and the rest of the international community, the
oils spills, the invasion of our rights by our own government, Edward
Snowden, the internet, and a slew of other red letter issues are as
normal as “Say no to drugs”, having either one of the Bush men in
office, Monica Lewinski, anthrax and bomb laced packages, and the end of
the Soviet Union were to my generation. These are just things that are
happening elsewhere in the world while they try to figure out what their
purpose in this world is, what they want to do. Amidst so much chaos
and uncertainty, these fresh youths manage to somehow still maintain
their innocence and lust for fun. You would think that all these
crushing realities would bother them, and they certainly do, but in
their world the greatest calamity is not figuring out who they are. All
too often, youths in media are portrayed as arrogant, self absorbed
little snots, and to a certain degree that may be correct. However, most
media never explores why kids are the way they are and instead just
passes their complexities off.
by The World Weary
