The Complete Cannon

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Summary: Fun, trashy and politically incorrect masterpiece
Review: I have mixed feeings about this. I don't want to like it, but I do! Canon doesn't appeal to your intellectual side and doesn't pretend to. Women are shown in the nude for no aparent good reason, the politics makes no sense and, as the introduction states, Peter Canon as a character never develops much throughout the strip. It also ends rather abruptly as if someone pulled the plug on it and Wood was forced to bring it to a close prematurely. There are many sub-plots which are left dangling.
Basically Canon is a James Bond-type character, only much less glamerous and more mentally screwed up. He gets involved in fighting the communists from China and Russia and in fictional Middle East politics. Anyone who knows anything about history can tell you that the politics is basically bull, but you just have to go along with it. Its a plot driven rather than a character driven story and Wood does surprise with some very unexpected plot twists. The book is about 130 pages long but you'll probably find its best taken in small doses of around 15 pages.
No complaints on the art front. If you like old school comic art, this is for you. He draws amazing scenes, usually in small panels, and gets in a lot of detail.