Critiquing Comics #237: ‘Detective Perez: Autotropolis’ And ‘Griz Grobus’

by Erik Amaya

Paul Pate releases his third “Detective Perez” graphic novel, called Autotropolis, a turned-to-eleven detective story that doesn’t take itself too seriously. Tim and Jason find a lot to like and not too terribly much to advise on — though of course almost any work can still be improved! Right?

Griz Grobus, the latest from Simon Roy, is about a robot advocate for eating your veggies on a planet where humans have settled just in the past few hundred years. It’s also about how the spirit of a war god ends up in the body of … well, that would be telling. Tim and Adam discuss whether, in this case, maybe a work can’t possibly be improved!