Should I read Beyond Canon?

I tried to read HSBC before, but I could not get past the early stuff. Blah, blah, blah, I don't care Ultimate Dirk, shut up. Do I skip to the part when the HSCU took over? I feel like I'm missing out, but I already had Original Dirk Strider shatter my sense of self and I really don't need to recreate fight club a second time.

The new art looks so damn cool and I hear the writing is just as good...but that first bit man...