Black Plague

    (Keenspot, 2002)
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Black Plague is Keenspot Comics’ first non-reprint series and is created by Paul Southworth, known for his online comic strip Krazy Larry. It’s a gross-out super-hero parody starring Black Plague, an angry sort of hero whose power is to give someone a disease. Any disease. He’s joined in his Quixotic quests by his brother, Jimmy the Leper, who’s fond of tearing off body parts, throwing them at enemies, then sewing them back on.

Fans of this sort of disgusting humor will no doubt find enjoyment from this comic book. On the other hand, those in the entertainment industry who have used vulgarity successfully have usually managed to evoke laughter by transcending such humor. Southworth doesn’t manage that. Instead, the comic book seems mired in its own sickness.

Word to the wise: Nazi aquatic sea life isn’t funny, at least not the way it’s presented here. It’s almost as if Southworth forgot the punch line. Perhaps this comic book improves as it progresses; as it stands, it’s just not very funny.

— Steve Horton
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#2

November, 2001
Cover Price: $2.95
1 copy available for $3.75 		  
#3

February, 2002
Cover Price: $2.95
1 copy available for $3.75