I got to this late, but the toxic no-consequences CALIFORNICATION style male-fantasy wish-fulfillment meets bucket of blood serial killer hyper-violence it’s peddling curdled a decade before it went to print.

My honest opinion, I'd rate this 3-stars if I didn't think some people should read it as an investigation. It's definitely satire, and parts of it read like a "T-Rex" confession written by what I would call a genuine NASA nazi. I haven't read the second Bambi part yet.To defend my four stars, there's a lot to unpack and analyze in here, and it's full of easter eggs, allusions, and subtle references that beg questions like "what are your sources?"After I finish this series I'm looking into readin...

Absolutely bonkers. Highly recommended

Fun and engaging. The artwork is beautifully drawn and colored and is very impressive. Fellow creatives types will enjoy the storyline.

The graphics (and the gore) jump off the page, and I found myself ducking and shuddering. A true splatter-house classic. Definitely EC quality, updated to the 21st century.

Designed to shock and provoke with satiric intent, I'm sure, but the story is simply vile as we track an asshole movie producer through the making of his most recent film, a slasher flick for which he has hired a real serial killer to consult. Men behaving badly to the extreme.

As a person who considers himself a rookie cinephile, I utterly and unashamedly loved this book! It feels so satisfying to understand all the references and easter eggs in any work of fiction.

Its a good read if you like raunchy comedy and lots of bloody violence and bodily gore. Its the perfect comic for you. I wouldn't recommend going out of your way to read it or purchasing it at full price. If it's ever on sale, sure. If you can borrow it from the library or from a friend, even better. I have an unlimited acct with comixology so I was able to read it for free.

Imagine Roscoe Dexter -- you know, the manic silent-film director from Singin' in the Rain -- reincarnated among us as an auteur of blockbuster horror flicks. Then allow him to kick off a preposterous concatenation of gory Hollywood fuckups, using an IRL serial killer named Darwin and a Pam Grier doppelganger, Coconut, who causes him to alter seismology forever in one (literally) dynamite shoot. The freakish spider-poisoned imagination of a youngster like Rick Spears seems perfectly fitted to a

I’m still processing this one.I know it was different enough that I’m not going to forget it.The artwork was busy at times, reminding me of Milk & Cheese a bit. I liked that.Main character was a douche, but was just a vehicle for a crazy story. It reminded me just a little bit of Transmetropolitan. It has a bit of everything primal that keeps readers going for all the wrong reasons, but that can be fun.I liked it. There were brief moments where I didn’t, but overall it was a fun ride.

What a weird, wild, fun ride. This reminds me of Cecile B. Demented, in a good way. The art reminds me of Thrashed Throat album art too. The Auteur isn’t without its flaws, obviously, but it’s entertaining for what it is.

It’s definitely not for everyone. It had some funny bits, the artwork is really nice. It’s is just a bit OTT silly like it feels like it tries to create characters and some sort of coherent story but it never actually gets there.

You know when you're not supposed to love something, but then you do? This was that. It's crazy and offensive and ridiculous and I couldn't put it down.

The Auteur is a comic that desperately wants to be funny and satirical and fails at both. Nathan T. Rex is a hot Hollywood producer whose films have been enormously successful. Except for his latest movie, Cosmos, which is the first in a trilogy of movies already filmed and costing the studio half a billion dollars - Cosmos is flopping and T. Rex needs a hit soon to restore his rep. So he stumbles across a pitch for President’s Day, a slasher flick with Abe Lincoln as the killer, but it’s not en...

Not sure what Id rate this. It's really offensive but also a lot of fun if you can go along with it. Definitely one of the weirdest comics to come out in a while. Great start, but lost a little steam at the end. I enjoyed it, but would feel weird recommending it to anyone who wasn't a close friend. A lot of it is so strange and graphic that it's hard to know what to make of it.

This graphic novel is by far the most original and hilarious work I've read in years. The characters are larger than life, and the writing is witty. I'm a filmmaker and The Auteur has a personal connection with me, because filmmaking can drive you insane! I loved this comic and I just picked up Volume 2. I highly recommend this comic book, especially for readers who are tired of the big 2(Marvel & DC).

This is what I'm always looking for, a story that can ONLY be told in comics. This wouldn't work the same way if it were a movie or a television series or anything else really. This is a way way over-the-top manic comic nightmare, an indictment of the film industry through the lens of insanity. It is also one of the best pairings of artist and story I've ever seen, the artwork in "The Auteur" absolutely sings, in no small part because of the colorist's work. But this is decidedly not for everyon...

This could’ve been a cult classic right off the bat with its campiness and horror combined making fun of Hollywood BUT it isn’t. The entire thing is grotesquely misogynistic which takes away from the badassery of the main female character as well as my want to like the main male character. I mean his name is Nathan T. Rex?!?! That’s amazing! I just wished the writing was better because it had so so much potential!!

Well, I haven't used the expression nucking futs in a long time, but yeah, that fits. Reminds me a lot of a TV series called Action (99-2000), a wacky, irreverrent critique of Hollywood, with a large pinch of the off the hook trippyness of The InvisiblesJust when you think that things won't get weirder or grosser they do. Somehow I really enjoyed it and yet didn't love it. It was the perfect thing to read while I was feeling depressed, because it was so stupid that it carried me, even when I did...