What are comics if not for storyboards for an eventual TV series or movie?
Happy!is put in every position to succeed.
Thats…a lot.
And it reads refreshingly weird and appealing on the page.
Happy!is curiously dated and not in the timeless dicks-and-dames way it intends to be.
The bad guys are Italian underworld greaseballs (though one family in particular is hilariously named the Scaramuccis).
Cops are shockingly uninterested in missing childrens cases around Christmastime.
The villains go on extended monologues about grapes and winemaking as a metaphor for violence.
Then theres Happy, himself.
Happy is ironically the biggest factor keepingHappy!down.
Its hard to fully blame him with just how little Happy adds to the proceedings himself.
Our blue friend is about as insightful and welcome asOcarina of Times Navi.
Happy exists only to keep Nick on a narrative quest that he doesnt want to be on.
And when he does stick around, he proves to be a frustratingly inconsistent personality.
Is he the child-like extension of Hayleys mind right down to parroting her elementary school teachers lessons?
At one point Happy does an R. Lee Ermey fromFull Metal Jacketimpression.
Meloni has always been equal parts charming and menacing and hes an excellent fit here.
Weirdness is always welcome on television.
Dont let anyone else tell you different.
And he was right!
Perhaps it still can.
The first two episodes just dont.
At least we now have Meloni warmed up for his nextJohn Wick-esque opportunity.
Rating:
2 out of 5
