Review – Gahan Wilson's The Kid

Though normally I’m not all that big a fan of the whole bylined-title thing, in this case it’s an important element. I probably would have flipped right past this thing were it not for Wilson’s name on it, and I almost certainly would have abandoned it after a few minutes if not for the respect I have for the author/illustrator. Overall this appears to be an attempt to market a slightly stranger and considerably more vulgar version of The Simpsons. The story is a set of three animated vignettes about the terrors of being a child, including the foul-mouthed ghost of a dissected cat, an awkward sexual awakening and the ever-popular trick-or-treat anxiety. From someone else this might have been merely a tedious bit of drivel punctuated by occasional entertaining moments, but from Wilson I expected much better. See if desperate