The Boys, Vol. 8 Highland Laddie by Garth Ennis

​Well, the title here pretty much tells you what this one’s going to be about…the wee lad. Post a devastating blow out with the lovely Annie, the wee lad goes back to Scotland to the small and slightly odd small town of his childhood, in fact, right to his childhood abode and right into the arms of his darling and loving adopted parents with whom he inexplicably has intimacy issues.
And right into the loving arms of his childhood pals who’ve become stranger than ever.
So the lad drinks and mopes and talks and on and on until Annie shows up determined to win him back and save their connection.
A strongly character driven story, much like book seven before it, with a much narrower focus and nary a superhero in sight outside of Annie’s recollections of her origin story.
The artists, once again, are changed up all too often, creating for a somewhat disjointed experience of the ever-changing same faces. But overall, a fun read. As the Boys comics tend to be.