Comic Review: Heaven, LLC

Written by Steve

Tuesday, 26 May 2009 03:37

In Heaven, LLC, written by Wayne Chinsang and Dave Crosland, the Heaven company is having serious problems. The number of believers is dropping precipitously, and God and the board members need to find some way to drum up business. Unfortunately, when the meeting takes a short break, God disappears, and the board finds themselves with an even bigger problem.

God, who is oversexed, not terribly bright, and kind of a douche, has gone off to Detroit to meet with his stripper girlfriend. When she dies in the throes of passion, the big guy limps off to a bar to drown his sorrows. Meanwhile, back in Heaven, news of God’s disappearance has already made the papers.

The board realizes they have to get god back, so they split up into three teams to try to locate God. John the Baptist (or at least his head, carried by St. Anthony (who looks like Tattoo from “Fantasy Island”), The Holy Spirit (a black power feminist), and St. Christopher (who might be retarded) head for New York; Lucifer, Adam, and Eve go to L.A.; Jesus, Abraham, and the (still bitter) Joseph start in Chicago. The tenth board member, the Pope, doesn’t join the mission because he’s too conspicuous. Hilarity then ensues.

A lot of the humor in the book seems to be mainly for shock value, but is still pretty funny. The art is very small press-y, showing obvious influences from R. Crumb, Vaughn Bode, and Bob Fingerman, with a little Marc Hempel thrown in here and there. While it’s well drawn and amusing, the book really doesn’t have anything to say beyond “Oh my, look how shocking and blasphemous we’re being!” Ultimately, it’s kind of the comic book version of a candy bar—satisfying but really just empty calories.

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