As much as I liked the first volume, I disliked this one. I should have known it was no longer the series for me with the Jesus corpse suit at the beginning, but I figured I'd see if there was anything redeeming after that. It just wasn't as funny as the first one, and the leprechauns are too gross, even with Templesmith's artistic style (which I still do like). When I got to the masturbating pope, I was done.

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worm animated corpse infected by leprechaun plague must find queen and get cure

A great second volume in what is still the weirdest graphic novel series that I've ever read - and trust me when I say that I've read some weird stuff. This volume is slightly more disturbing than the first, if only because the leprechauns in this universe are incredibly disgusting little creatures. Not only do they speak in a ridicule-laced gibberish, but the lone female of the species, the Queen, is really a whole other level. So of course, Wormwood and company have to track her down so that she can give him a magical restorative kiss (eughhh) to cure a leprechaun bite. To make matters more complicated, while on thnis quest for the Leprechaun Queen, the crew run afoul of the squidders - beings hell-bent on colonizing the universe. The crew manages (just barely) to evade capture and to shut down the portal to Earth, but I have a distinct feeling that the swiod-men have set their gaze on anywhere that dares to house our esteemed protagonist... ( )

I love the works of Ben Templesmith: the stories are funny, albeit puerile; The characters quirky yet still comic book characters; the plots ludicrous but strangely compelling. In short, all the Wormwood series is like a tragic ten-clown-car pile up - simultaneously tragic and comic. ( )

Bloody hell...evil depraved leprechauns, Wormwood wearing a little girls body, and the four horsemen of the apocalypse riding Segways and wanted to start the end of the world because they ran out of hookers, pizza, and blow...very entertaining.