Review: Hipster Hitler

[jeriendhal]

Yes, you read the title right. In this wacky comic, genocidal megalomaniac Adolph Hitler is recast as a foul-mouthed, latte drinking, flannel and ironic t-shirt wearing artist in horn rimmed glasses, who lets his artistic side get in the way of slightly more important matters, much to his straightlaced advisors' dismay. Yes, everyone can have a delightful chuckle as Hitler diverts forces from the invasion of Russia so he take out the Ukraine and get their rich fields for his avocado farm.

I honestly can't decide if this is supposed to be actually funny, or just an attempt by another webcomic to sell more wierd t-shirts ("You make feel like Danzig", "Save the Panzers", "1941: A Race Odyssey") than J. Jacques' Questionable Content. God knows the joke of Hitler the Pretentious Artist has exactly one note to it, and that doesn't exactly justify the 3/4 page worth of legal disclaimers needed to keep the neo nazis out.

Comments

[mjkj.livejournal.com]

I think this comic is just wrong...

mjkj

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

I tend to agree.

[drhoz.livejournal.com]

There was The New Adventures of Hitler in Crisis in 1990, by Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Adventures_of_Hitler

"The New Adventures of Hitler was a satirical and surreal (one scene has Hitler opening a cupboard to find Morrissey singing "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now") strip based on the claims of Hitler's sister-in-law Bridget Dowling that Hitler had lived with her, her husband Alois Hitler, Jr., and her son William Patrick Hitler in Liverpool from 1912 to 1913. It first appeared in Cut, a Scottish arts and culture magazine and became instantly controversial, and some accused Morrison of being a Nazi [1] due to his use of Hitler in what was essentially a humorous story."