Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Salmon of Doubt, Issue #1 begins with a bizarre disorder on the part of Dirk Gently relating to his memory. He isn't forgetting things; he's remembering extra. Extra memories, bad memories, that aren't his at all are popping into his brain, and he doesn't know what to do about it. Just kidding. OF COURSE he knows what to do about it! He's a holistic detective, able to see the interconnectedness of all things, or rather, the interconnectedness of all thinks!
That last line I made up, myself. Perhaps it's not up to Arvind Ethan David's standards, but I do think it's somewhat clever, at least. I love the artwork of Ilias Kyriazis and the colors by Charlie Kirchoff. There's a lot of detail in the comic that you might miss on the first go-round, but I'll let you find those out, yourself. I would recommend reading Dirk Gently: A Spoon Too Short either in trade paperback or comic before reading The Salmon of Doubt, but all that would do is introduce Sally Mills and explain a few jokes. If you're looking for a Dirk Gently fix before watching the series, The Salmon of Doubt comes highly recommended.
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