Gregory II: Herman Vermin’s Very Own Best-Selling & Critically Acclaimed Book with Gregory In It

Gregory II: Herman Vermin’s Very Own Best-Selling & Critically Acclaimed Book with Gregory In It (1992, DC Comics/Piranha Press) ***1/2

W/A: Mark Hempel.

More of the same from Hempel, with (as the title suggests) more of an emphasis on the abrasive rat Herman Vermin.  The puns are sillier than the first outing, but the art is bolder and more inventive.  God features in a cameo.

Gregory III

Gregory III (1993, DC Comics/Piranha Press) ****

W/A: Mark Hempel.

The further adventures of the diminutive lunatic.  Perhaps the best volume in the series features the wonders of Gregory-vison, and some truly startling artwork in the final story: “Out”.