Seriously twisted. Loved it!

Wow! A bit of ultra violence you're looking for? Then Kick-Ass is for you. Glad I read it instead of watched it, but I'm still left a bit disturbed that nobody seems to be noticing that Hit Girl was totally a victim of a particularly disturbing kind of child abuse. I know, I know...it's just story, but the right wing dreck her dad was spewing pretty much sucked.
I definitely like Dave's character and I am sure that many a teen boy can identify with him and his pals.

A solid novel, superior to the film in every way.

Dark, twisted, hilarious.

I hate to say it but the movie Kicked it's ass. Simple as that. Movie: awesome, book great lines but poor delivery. Artwork great.

Probably my all time favorite graphic novel

I can see that the movie adaptation mimicked much of the style and imagery very closely from this graphic novel, so I have to credit Mark Millar with his creativity, but the excessive curse words flying around these pages felt juvenile to me. Which is maybe the point, since it's about high school boys after all. But that and the extreme violence seemed more like a "because we can! Can you believe we just did?!" than necessary or meaningful story-telling device.

Like a lot of the population I'm sure, I saw the movie before reading the graphic novel on this one. I saw the movie, and immediately had to go out and buy it, add it to my list of favorite movies of all time, and had to stop myself from watching the movie with any free time I had for about 2 weeks.

I'm a person that usually likes the book more than the movie, so I had to read it. It might be just because I saw the movie first, but, I liked it better. The comic, in comparison, is a lot sadder to be honest. I felt a little depressed after reading it, while the movie just amped me up. I would say the graphic novel is probably more realistic in all ways except perhaps the violence-which there is more of in the graphic novel. Some of the original I liked more than the movie-(small spoilers coming)some of the unique violence was cool, I liked it better that he didn't get the girl (I'm bias-I never want the guy to get the "popular" girl, because I never was one and I never liked them-and if the guy's not popular, why should he get the popular girl? It's stupid, just like a 300 lb. woman getting an in shape hotty). I also enjoyed more details on the beginning relationship of Kick-Ass and Red Mist. However, the novel didn't even have my favorite line of the whole movie-call me cheesy, but..."The three assholes, laying into one guy while everybody else watches? And you wanna know what's wrong with me? Yeah, I'd rather die..." Aw, I melted, and knew I'd forever love this movie.

And Big Daddy's origin in the comic vs. the movie? That was the most depressing thing of all. Plus, Hit Girl going to be a normal kid? Uh-uh, that's a cop out and if Kick-Ass is gonna go on (oh, 'cause he's s guy?) then I want Hit Girl to as well. She's better than normal, and I didn't want to see her revert to that. I'd like a mix-yeah, go to school, but still be cool.

Still, the graphic novel was original, I got all the references and was beautiful in it's relate-ability in the real world. And the fact that it was depressing? Well, that just makes it all the more realistic, right? So, it was wonderful, just sad and not as inspiring as the movie.

Reading this made me sad. Not because the story was sad but because many people love it. This book boils down to what a thirteen year old with bad parents would write if given free reign to make whatever he wanted. Its not just violence for the sake of violence or shocking language from children for shock value, its the overall lowest common denominator that is the goal here. Most upsetting is that I've read good things from Mark Millar, not a lot, but some. He can but doesn't choose to. There are a few laughs but they are few and far between. John Romita Jr., who I grew up enjoying, is doing something different but doesn't have anything good to work with here. Just deplorably bad overall.

This was a great graphic novel, and it makes me want to read more books like this. I really loved the story and the sharp dialogue. Plus, the characters are so fun and interesting, especially hit girl. The novel reminded me of a Quentin Tarantino movie: violence done in a smart, funny way. The story was a little choppy at times, but I can't wait to read Book 2.

Ah, back in the UK and the land of cheap books. I've been wanting to read this for a while but never quite got round to it. I loved the movie so was quite keen to explore the source.

There are a few major changes in terms of plot between the two (Big Daddie's origin being the most surprising, very much changing the tone) but Miller's original story is strong, funny and wonderfully realised. The villains aren't as developed as the film but Dave is brilliant and Hit Girl is possibly even better.

JRR knocks the artwork out of the park revelling in the looser restrictions Marvel usually place on him. It's an entertaining read and well worth the time. Much like the film.