![]() Both stories are adaptations of classic Stooges shorts: Uncivil Warriors, where the Stooges work for the Union Army in the Civil War and are sent to the Confederate side as spies to rescue another spy, and Hoi Polloi, wherein a rich man tries to turn the Stooges into refined gentlemen in order to win a bet/argument with his friend about nature vs. There are two Stooges stories in here, which is a poor choice in and of itself, seeing as this is the third issue of a 3-D comic about a famous trio, so it seems obvious that there should be three stories about them in it, but that's a minor complaint at best. It's a collection of extra-lightweight comedic narratives held down by the weight of many creative missteps. Between that disappointment and a certain amount of editorial sloppiness, reading this comic is a more difficult, slow-going task than it ought to be based on the story content. There's some solid humor in here, but none of it comes from the 3-D or is even heightened because of it. Every panel has 3-D elements, but none of them do anything with that except to have some characters seem like they're standing behind others, and to just generally mess with the reader's eyes and make it hard to focus or follow the story. Instead, this is a comic that's 3-D for no reason, that takes basically no advantage of the one thing that could set it apart. The illusion of depth and motion should be able to add a lot, and I was hoping for things like pies that seem like they're flying right at my face, or fingers threatening to poke me in the eyes, or even just the joy of seeing one Stooge hurt another from a weird, funny angle or perspective. ![]() ![]() It feels like an opportunity to really go nuts with the medium, because the Stooges' comedy is so physical, and the 3-D gimmick potentially allows for enhanced physicality within the comic. I was pretty excited going into 3-D Stooges #3 to see what kind of fun Three Stooges gags might be pulled in a 3-D comicbook. 3-D Three Stooges #3 (Eclipse) by Norman Maurer (and possibly others, see below) ![]()
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