She'll Cut a Bitch

Having fallen behind on some series, I just finished a Katana marathon, reading the last five issues of the cancelled 10-issue series.  

Wow.  Did that suck.  I shouldn't be surprised, though.  It's my own fault, really, for thinking that anything current by Ann Nocenti would be good.   I like Katana, though, as a character and wanted to be supportive of her solo series.  Correction: I like the pre-New 52 Katana.  This new one is defunct of personality.  When she was a member of the Outsiders back in the 80s, she had a distinct personality that was hard-as-nails, yet she had a mothering instinct toward the naive Halo.  Now we're presented with a character devoid of personality that talks to her sword.  ALL. THE. TIME. 

It didn't help that the entire storyline presented in Katana's solo series was so convoluted and poorly written.  Nobody ever really knew what was going on.  And the New 52 Outsiders is a society formed of various weapon clans?  Yawn.  

I really can't say much more about how bad the series was other than to quote an article I read online about Ann Nocenti's writing:  "It’s like if I was a food critic and you heard that there was a new restaurant down the block –- it’s a dumpster with the word “poop” scrawled across it in spray paint.  Do you really need to hear my recommendation?" 


With that, I bid adieu to Katana (and any future comics written by Ann Nocenti).