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Weapon Brown: Blockhead’s War

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It’s said that all good stories must come to an end. The thing is, endings can be a difficult thing to write; authors risk upsetting readers if the ending ends up being substandard, or if there’s too many dangling plot points (even if these loose ends make for good fodder for a sequel). Thus when I view the ending for the post-apocalyptic parody comic Weapon Brown: Blockhead’s War, I must admit to feeling conflicted as to the ending, which has left an entire subplot hanging while our protagonist drives off into the sunrise.

While I wish I could ignore the entire Syndicate plotline, this is the one real shadow looming over the strip. We’ve had no resolution with them (which admittedly would make for fine sequel territory, assuming that Jason Yungbluth plans on writing one) or fallout for the Pointy-Haired Executive who launched the attack on Anne’s crew in order to snag their resources and self-replicating food substance. Given that we’ve seen bits of the story from the Syndicate’s point of view, it seems odd not to have even a brief glimpse of how they take their latest setback.

That said, the ending does work despite the lack of resolution with the Syndicate. And to be honest, several elements of the ending cry out for a continuation of the story. For instance, we have Chuck’s new sidekick, Jeffy, who considers Chuck to be his ride in his quest to avenge the deaths of his entire family at the hands of Syndicate soldiers; if WBBW was truly ending, then why replace Snoop with some embittered kid with a grudge? Next, we have Chuck’s own musings about how the Syndicate tried to kill a certain red-haired girl. (Anne? Or is this the girl he originally was seeking at the start of the storyline?)

Given the lack of resolution with the Syndicate, Chuck’s thoughts on how he could ever forget them seems… ironic, to say the least. But watching Chuck drive off… not into the sunset, but into the sunrise while contemplating how Anne and her followers are bringing the world back to life and bringing things worth fighting for, worth protecting… this bit works. As an end to the Weapon Brown story, it’s lacking. But as the end of the middle of a trilogy with the Millennium Falcon flying off into the distance to search for Han Solo, well that could work.


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