In the very first panel, the narrator and protagonist tells us about the "cut-up" method of neurosurgery developed by "Dr. Burroughs", and from there on it should be obvious that we're not in Kansas any more. (The more discerning readers of course already got suspicious at the title of the comic.) It does not take long for Kafka to be referenced, too, and by then it is clear to everyone that we're off to a wild ride.

This is obviously not your run-of-the-mill super hero comic. This being the first issue, it's not quite clear what it is, actually - but not nothing actually constiutes a large part of the not inconsiderable fun in reading Kid Lobotomy. Whatever else it may turn out to be, however, it is very weird, and not afraid to show it - writer Peter Milligan and artist Tess Fowler were obviously enjoying itself while flouting pretty much every genre convention of comics and cramming in as many literary and artistic references as they could. This is probably not for everyone, but for my part, I'll definitely continue with the series.