Joe the Barbarian #4

Written by Grant Morrison
Art by Sean Murphy

There's not a whole lot to say about this title at this point.  It continues to be an exciting story, as Joe continues to flip back and forth between the real world and the fantasy world where he is the prophesied 'Dying Boy', and the target of Lord Death (horrid name).

This issue does give us a little more exposition about Joe's strange value in this world, this time coming from a group of animal skull wearing science monks who take vows of cowardice.  See, that's why I like this series.  Morrison is really just playing around here, and letting his creative juices flow all over the place.

The art, as usual, is stunningly good, and this series continues to be a lot of fun.  I'm not sure why it's a Vertigo series, as it's not really a 'mature readers' title so far as I can tell.  If anything, it's a little more young adult than anything else.