I just finished watching all of "Tank Girl" (1995), something I had somehow managed not to do before, and it remains bizarrely inspired and insane, making no sense whatsoever and fully justifying its $4 million in total box office (on a budget of $25 million).
One would be left wondering "what were they thinking?" but "they" are more than willing to tell you: The strip features various elements with origins in surrealist techniques, fanzines, collage, cut-up technique, stream of consciousness, and metafiction, with very little regard or interest for conventional plot or committed narrative. In fact, writer Alan Martin described his attitude to plot in the third strip anthology as such: "Never start with a clear idea of storyline. Instead, commence blindly, with a vague notion of trying to include a reference to your favourite band, gift shop, or chocolate bar." Mission accomplished. ~(no)rave!
