It's in keeping with the tone of the comic. And the answer finally comes not from any divine source, but from self-determination and a promise by Custer, who has since lost his use of Genesis. The words take on a scale and dimension rivaling his rendered face. Every divergence is entertaining or enlightening. There's not a wasted moment in the series nor a wasted character, evidence of a clear purpose to the story.
Every divergence is entertaining or enlightening.
One added bonus is a growing ability to read rouch accents and dialects written phonetically. Arseface, because of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, speaks in total mumbles. It's no more disconcerting a voice than trying to follow along with singers Michael Stipe, Bob Dylan or Kurt Cobain, whom Arseface idolized. The early Arseface dialogue is translated in huge editor's noteboxes. But it's often as hysterical as the heroes are resolute and touching in surprising ways.