Peter Milligan knows the difference between a hawk and a handsaw?

So I recently discovered a writer. Not entirely true, I've read his stuff before, but I've just never made that mental connection that he wrote all these books I have and like. His name is Peter Milligan, and he's a surrealist genius with a true ear for dialogue. Now, I did just hear you all go "Dude! Shade! Everybody knows Milligan from that." So, seriously, keep it down, I have music fucking blaring and I heard that. But, somehow, Mr. self-proclaimed connoisseur of the bizarre missed out on this love letter to insanity up to this point. I am, almost 20 years, after the series debuted, on issue 9 of the ongoing. No spoilers, please. I am also aware that his groundbreaking (and out of print) run on X-Force was particularly well-liked by fans. This is a brilliant series which made the X-Men (or X-Force and later X-Statix) into a brand-name, like Old Navy or McDonalds. I'll admit, this breaks from the long-lived convention of the world hating mutants in favor of them being a fad. But nearly everything which was at any time universally reviled was discovered and fetishized by a counter-culture somewhere along the line. Plus, dispensable mutants without particularly useful powers make for a riot of an understated action story. What really impressed me to no end, though was Rogan Gosh, published in the first six issues of Revolver magazine with art by Brendan McCarthy, a science-fiction tribute to Indian Comics, Indian food, and In . . . sanity. With the characters not knowing what is real (to them/fake to us) and what is fake (to them and us.) 4th wall breaking abounds and the two main characters might be one and the same (or not, depending on your interpretation.) He also penned Vertigo's re-imagining of Human Target and Weird Western Tales (which lives up to its name) as well as bringing a refreshing mix of of heart and genuine talent to more mainstream titles like Detective comics, X-Men, JLA Classified, Elektra and Spider-Man's Tangled Web. I know today's installment was low on jokes, but that's because I'm so utterly in awe of the man's brilliance. I did just fart though, if that makes it better.