What’s left to say about Brian’s work? It’s alarming to think about how much I must have repeated myself by now, maybe 50 comic reviews in and 20 (ish?) years later. So here’s something: I’ve seen a whole lot of collections of comics by single creators that have appeared in various anthologies over the years. I’m always a fan of the idea; far too many great stories disappear from memory because they were only available in an anthology that had a print run of 20 copies and disappeared forever. But a lot of people, at least some of the time, tend to phone it in for those types of stories. I’ve read several of Brian’s anthologies now, and I’ve never once gotten that impression. Anyway, hey, look at this, it’s a collection of short stories from various anthologies! Brian lists where these first appeared for the curious, and this might be the first time where I don’t think I’ve read even one of these stories before. This one has 11 stories (even though it looks like more when the four panel strips are listed separately), starting with Gilmore Girls Vs. Godzilla, just to warn you right off if you were in the mood for some quiet autobiographical stories. An excellent punchline to that one, and some oddly plausible action before that (OF COURSE coffee would affect the Gilmore Girls in roughly the same way that spinach does Popeye). Next up is some unwelcome relationship advice in dealing with an abusive partner, which I can’t say any more about because I’m not going to spoil a thing about that ending. Then there’s the story of Brian dressing up as a hobo for Halloween (as a small child), an entirely too plausible Jurassic Park sequel (which they honestly may have done by now), and a fantasy sword slasher, sort of. Probably the most disturbing story in the comic is next, and if I told you that it’s centered around a cheese ball and that’s it’s occasionally terrifying I doubt that you’d believe me. And yet! The other big story in here deals with a man driving to Texas, happy to get away from the snow, only to land in a blizzard. Was I expecting the punchline to this one? Once again, I was not! There are also a few more stories but hey, who doesn’t love surprises? It’s another solid collection of comics that requires reading no previous issues to understand, so if you’ve been seeing Brian’s name for years here but were never sure where to dive in, right here would do just fine! $8
So there are a couple of ways to interpret the fact that it took me roughly half of this comic to fully understand that it’s entirely fictional. One is that Janne is such an excellent storyteller that the same thing would likely happen to most people who read this comic. Another is that I’m a gullible rube. Luckily, both things can be true! This is the story of a young woman who’s trying to save up to leave her home town to go to college. She’s working a fairly brutal factory job at a candy factory and saving even more money by living with her grandmother, and we learn a couple of facts about candy factories that are more than a little gross and alarming (unless they’re entirely made up too; I can no longer trust my own judgment). One day her boss makes an offer to her: he needs a truckload of gummy worms disappear so he can get the tax write-off, and he needs somebody to do the dirty deed. Since her main goal in life is to get as much money as quickly as she can, she has no real choice but to agree to the scheme. She dumps them in the woods, but unfortunately a massive rainstorm washes them away and right back through town, where they’ve mixed with some other chemicals in the river and have puffed up to massive sizes. The story becomes a global phenomenon, she’s mortified and avoids work for a few days before finally deciding to face the music… and finds her life completely changed, but not in the way she was expecting. The rest of the comic showcases her new skill set and the whole story is told as a confessional that gets to the bottom of what really happened. See? Plausible that I could have bought into it! Check it out, it’s a hell of a story, and you can figure out if you would have fallen for it too without some advance warning. Be honest! $8 (or $22 for a set of four comics)
If you’re wondering which of the 8 comics that mini kus sent along this time had my favorite cover, well, you’re looking at it. Come on, that should win all of the prizes. Also I’m not going to do the thing I sometimes do where I post the synopsis on the back of the comic here verbatim, but it might be the most misleading one so far, in a hilarious way (the people who read that in the hopes of reading this comic to get better arguments in favor of being a carnivore had to go away disappointed). So what’s the comic about? Well, a doofus (depicted below being told that he should use his hat as toilet paper, based on his previous arguments) finds out that he can’t get anything with meat in it at a party. Furious, he leaves to find meat. Biting a dog doesn’t end well, so after his encounter below he chases a runner, because she must eat meat! Nope, she’s vegan too, and lists lots of famous people who are also vegan (with the important disclaimer that they’re all also rich). But he does finally make his way to the slaughterhouse, and there is where the fun really starts. Is it really fun? Good god no. It also passes up several opportunities to turn preachy, instead relying on the most terrible thing of all: facts. What the lives (and deaths) of the cows are like, the tortures that pigs go through (and how they’re forced to live before and during those tortures), and let’s not even get into the grim reality of chickens (what did you think their lives were like now that breasts and thighs are so much bigger)? The amazing thing about the comic is that it somehow manages to be hilarious at several points. It shouldn’t be! But Emilie gets there. Still, if you’re already vegan, you should pass these out to your friends who are still resisting. If you’re like me and still hanging on the meat eating lifestyle, this will thoroughly expose the fact that only argument you’re left with is “but it tastes good!” $8 (or $22 for a pack of four mini kus books)
Cities! We all live in them (probably). This comic contains some of Chris’s ideas for what cities could be, or at least where they could be; he also has a lengthy introduction where he speculates on what could be going on in these cities, but since they exist in worlds that we can’t get to yet, it’s hard to say much for sure. This is a silent comic (after that introduction) with titles for what type of cities are depicted on these two page spreads, and since it’s silent it’s once again one of those things where I’d be giving away the comic if I said too much about what types of cities are depicted. There are some solid ideas in here (and some ideas that will almost certainly come true if humanity is going to survive all of the climate change going on), and if you’re the type with a solid imagination, you’re absolutely going to take a few minutes out of your day to wonder what a city in a tree would actually be like. Oops, I gave away one of the cities! Anyway, this is a fun (and occasionally gorgeous) comic, so give it a shot why don’t you? Especially if you’ve read some of his other comics and enjoyed them. Eh, you know how comics work by now right? $6
Is it possible for a comic to be heartbreakingly quirky? Devastating and darkly funny? It almost feels like “bittersweet” could work, but that’s still not quite right. Hey, it looks like another mini kus book where you’ll have to figure it out for yourselves! If you’re curious, “etchingroom1” is an artistic group comprised of Kristina Yarosh and Anna Khodkova; since I have no idea if this was a group effort or the vision of one of them, I’m putting the collective name in the title and their real names as tags. More information than you needed or wanted, but there it is! This one starts off as a typical day, until the author walks by a candy shop. This brings up all kinds of memories of a recent heartbreak, and what follows are a series of imaginary candies that depict what it feels like to be going through a breakup and what comes after it. Most of these are double page spreads (and somehow manage to be both hilarious, grim and entirely too true), and I don’t want to give them away in the review. Outside of the sampled image, anyway, which kind of says it all about the “I know we shouldn’t be dating but I can’t bring myself to say anything” stage of dating. A few of these felt like gut punches, and if you’re ever been in love and then had it end badly you’ll most likely feel the same way. If you’ve never been in love but are curious about heartbreak (or are that mythical creature who married their high school sweetheart and have never had any problems), then this comic would do you some good too. See how the other half (or really 99%) live! This is $8 solo or $22 for a set of four comics; this is also the fourth comic of that set, so if you go back over the last few weeks you’ll see my reviews for the other comics and maybe that can help you make up your mind?
Is there such a thing as the perfect title? Maybe it’s just that I’m extrapolating it to also include the current state of the world and so very many world leaders, which was probably not Fran’s intention. But hey, it also works pretty damned well for these two stories, so kudos to him. As that cover says, there are two stories in here. The first one starts off with two revolutionaries in a situation that is rarely seen in popular culture: the moments before they go out on their dangerous mission, just making small talk and making sense of it all. The masks that they have to wear, for example, don’t let the person turn their head and still see properly. Part of the plan or further evidence that the bosses don’t know what they’re doing? One of the two revolutionaries has one opinion and the other chooses to be optimistic about the whole thing. We don’t see the actual event at all, but instead check back in with the two of them after things have gone horribly wrong, and this time they have to make a terrible decision by themselves. The second story is a bit more lighthearted, at least on the surface. There’s a monk who, after spending most of his life as a fairly normal and unremarkable person, suddenly shows up every morning in a new and ridiculous pose. He also can’t be moved from these new poses, despite the best efforts of the other monks and townspeople. Has he revolutionized how to practice his religion, or is there something else going on? Fran is becoming a master (if he’s not there already) of depicting the quiet moments and not taking anything at face value. This is another damned fine comic, so if you haven’t been reading his stuff yet, this is yet another good chance to get into it. $5
I feel like if I say that this book had a slow burn that I’ll be cast out of polite society, but I’m saying it anyway. Of course, if you read the synopsis on the back of the book (or the website) the whole story is right there, but I’ll still try my usual shtick of avoiding spoilers. This one starts off with our hero asleep in bed, with both hands immersed in buckets of water. For the first few pages we see her going about her day, always careful to keep her hands covered, before running into a child who’s becoming encased in ice. She takes her hands out of the buckets and they immediately burst into flames, which turns out to be a lifelong condition for her. She also runs into a thirsty dog (and has to give a warning about the hot water) and an assault, which is a pretty easy thing to break up if your hands burst into flame. Finally things take a turn for the worse, with life or death stakes for our hero. Can she get herself out of a mess? It’s another delightful tale from the mini kus folks, and it even stays that way if you stop reading before the ending. Oops, that was damned near a spoiler. Anyway, it’s worth checking out, and as always you can either buy it for $8 or buy four issues for $22. The savvy shopper, of course, always buys in bulk. $8
A note to the curious: I included a tag for the title of every mini comic in this collection, so if you’re worried that you’ve already read these stories, check out the list. It was entirely new to me, and I actively try to get new comics at cons, so maybe it’ll all be new to you too? There are six stories in here, all published from 2018 to 2023, with two of the stories being from full mini comics and the other four coming from anthologies or as parts of other comics. But before all that there’s a lengthy intro from M.S., where she really gets into what she gets out of comics and her thoughts on her older work. Also included is an invitation from her to skip it if you don’t enjoy such things, in which case I imagine you went right to the comics. The shortest piece starts things off and really sets the tone for the whole book; it’s her having a conversation with a giant dummy she took home from the gym, with just about a perfect ending. Next up is probably the highlight, or at least the one that’s stuck with me the most so far, which details her trip to an anime convention (to help out her friend at her table), her disastrous decision to both consume a giant edible cookie and also give one to her friend, and the experience under that influence combined with the aftermath. As somebody who has had “too much” of an edible once or twice, it was a harrowing tale (and it’s not like M.S. was new to edibles, she just found the most potent cookies on the planet), and just chock full of terrors. Her trip to get change for her friend through that particular crowd was actively making me nervous, and I’m currently sober as can be. There’s so much more, but that was the kind of story that you should buy collections for alone, so I’m not going to spoil any more of it. Next is Plunder Bird, an awkward tale of what she describes as her worst sugar daddy back in the time when she was still doing that to make some cash. How she kept a straight face once those tattoos were revealed is beyond me. Rotten is fourth, and the kind of thing that I can’t say much of anything about without giving it all away, but god damn, maybe that one is actually my favorite of the book. What was happening around her during those three months in the world, her efforts to hide it, the comments from people around her who didn’t know what was happening, that was just one damned near perfect comic. The Uncut Gem was the one story I had read (it was in an issue of Rust Belt Review), and it remains a rare action movie that I’d pay to see if somebody had the guts to film it. Finally there’s the story of her accompanying/coaching her friend for a big weightlifting convention, right as covid is hitting and nobody is sure what’s going on. There’s the drama of the competition, a quick side trip to the Billy Ireland museum, and shakes. What more could you want? The only quibble I have with this book is technical (there was a page that was printed twice in the last story, but it seemed like the next page was printed after that so nothing was lost), but overall maybe this is her book that I’d recommend first to people. Dig into her stuff with a collection of smaller stories, then you can tackle the graphic novels. $20
Did I assume one thing from that title and end up getting something else? Reader, you know I did. I took it literally, expecting a silent comic of, you know, observations. Not so! This is a more of a guide for how to unplug, take in your surroundings and respect them, even if you might have to invent some of those surroundings. It starts small, with a few surprise observations, before those carry her fully into a new way of thinking. She also details something that has always fascinated me, and that’s finding unique things on your walks. She uses sea shells mostly as an example, but these can be unique rocks, twigs, unknown detritus, etc.; just anything that strikes your fancy as being unique enough to be noticed. I speak from experience when I say that these are not necessarily going to be appreciated as gifts, so don’t even try it; these are more for your own personal fulfillment. She stresses that collecting is not the goal and that these found items are best placed back in the wild (after whatever length of time seems right to you), which is a fantastic message for this miserable modern world. There’s a genuine life lesson to be learned in this comic, which is rare, and there’s some fairly stunning imagery to go with it. What’s not to love? ($8, or $22 for a bundle of four comics)
Could it be? There’s no listing on Brian’s website for buying these three issues together yet, have I maybe finally managed to catch up to him? Ha ha no. There’s still two more issues of the series for me to read, among other things. It’s more likely that he’s behind on updating his website than he is behind on putting out comics. Oh, and you’re welcome for the bonus schmutz that I accidentally scanned with the covers. I like to keep it real around here! Anyway, overall this story does seem to be heading towards a conclusion, as our heroes keep getting closer and closer to Facelift. #19 is where everybody finds out that Facelift has no finger prints on file, meaning he’s never had plastic surgery, which seems impossible in this world. I have my own theory as to why that might be the case, but since half the fun of a mystery like this is finding out the answer, I’ll keep it to myself (this also lessens how stupid I’ll look later if I’m completely wrong). #20 has Liz and Kim get their date redirected to check on a movie star, and as you can probably guess from how the rest of the series has gone, a wellness check is rarely going to end well. It even takes things a step further than that, which is why I made that cryptic comment earlier in the review. Finally #21 has a “View” like show discussing current events, followed by a very brief moral dilemma by our journalist friend Jorge. The killer seems to be contacting him directly, but he got fined the last time he didn’t turn the letter in right away. Does he give up the scoop and follow the law, or do his best to become a part of the story? The series is still a compelling mystery, so heck yeah I’d still recommend it, and I don’t see anything in Brian’s brief synopsis of #23 to indicate that that’s the last issue. Buy a collection or two maybe, see what you think! $5
I made this disclaimer the last time I reviewed one of Danny’s comics, and it’s probably best that I make it again: I’m more or less over purely juvenile comics. One can still sneak up on me occasionally and make me laugh, but overall if your comic is mostly farts or dicks, unless you’ve found some kind of landmark new angle about it, it’s not going to do much for me. And speaking of which, there’s this comic. This is the only one of the few of his comics I have left to review that didn’t make me roll my eyes just by looking at the cover, so maybe I just won’t review those? We’ll see. This one starts off with our hero chasing down some friends to tell them a “yo mama” joke, after which they get offended and try to chase him down, to which he responds by letting out a serious fart. And he’s half skunk, so maybe it’s less fart and more self defense? Nope, not spending any more time trying to figure that out. From there we learn where Pal came from (it’s in the sample image, in case you were curious), whether or not he answers the call to be a hero, and then ends in a way that throws away the comic that came before the ending, or at least changes the direction completely for seemingly no reason. So overall maybe this series could still develop into something? That’s the optimistic part of my review, anyway. Also, while the artwork is fine, the quality of the whole thing looks like something that’s been copied repeatedly and is starting to lose cohesion. It was more than a little bit distracting, at least to me. So overall maybe give it a look if the idea of a farting half skunk hero seems like your thing? As always, my opinions may very well not be your opinions. $3
Note: as I mentioned in my last review of her comics, ordering her stuff is a little tricky, but the link on the title takes you through the process. Don’t be scared, it’s not that complicated! Meanwhile, hey, what’s this comic about? As the title might imply, it’s all about Zinj and, as somebody who’s been reading Pam’s comics for literally decades now, it’s about time. Zinj is a character that shows up briefly every now and then, but if his “origin” has ever been explained I can’t remember it. This one starts off like it might be one of those “get through the comic” kind of minis. You know the ones, generally the “I have to have a new comic for the con” type of things, comics that are mostly about how they don’t have anything to say at the moment, or about the process of making comics. But it quickly makes a turn into Pam jumping into the story herself, explaining her fascination with the Zinj skull (full name Zinjanthropus, if you’re curious), how all of the early versions of Sasquatch in her comics came from the Zinj skull and how she eventually settled on having it be its own character in her books. It’s a fascinating peek behind the curtain, and Zinj is now just a little bit less mysterious to me. The character, anyway. The actual skull, and what that creature might have been like, still freaks me out a little bit. $2 (ish)
I did not expect this comic to be quite as grotesque as it was, but boy howdy was it ever disgusting. Maybe not if you’re one of those (almost certainly fictional) people who like mosquitoes, but if you’re as disgusted and annoyed by those creatures as I am, this one is just a step or two past completely plausible. The premise is simple enough: nature dude goes camping, settles in for a good night’s sleep, and is absolutely assaulted by mosquitoes. He gets through a thoroughly miserable night and wakes up to find himself… changed. No, he doesn’t become a super powered mosquito man. He’s just, as the title might imply, more than a little bit swelled up. He also can’t really communicate verbally any more, which makes his search for help a bit complicated. That search also raises far more questions than answers, as “I’ll have to return to the man who formed me” has sure stuck in my brain. Can our hero be saved? If so, how, and would it be a good idea? This is a series of full page images, so you can really take in every bit of the swelled up imagery on display. It’s also all kinds of disturbing, and if you think that means I’m recommending it unreservedly, you would be correct. $8 (or $22 for a bundle of four comics)
Just fyi, neither of the links I provided show a direct way to purchase this comic. Still, between the two of them it’ll be easy enough to contact Richard, and I bet he could help you out with that if you’re interested! This comic jumped out at me a bit at SPACE, mostly for the design: there’s an outer sleeve for the comic (which is the cover I used for the sample image, going with the theory that if Richard wanted to keep using the original cover, he would have repeated it on the sleeve), and in this sleeve is a smaller mini comic (Cosmic Zoq #7) that has all of the backgrounds from this comic. I don’t know how much it added to the overall experience, but it was an interesting idea. The comic itself starts off with a wall of text telling the reader what’s going on in this world; the gist is that people are required to work to live, dissension is ruthlessly suppressed, and a group of rebels are trying to get to Southside to be free. This comic follows one of them as he tries to get the word out and stay one step ahead of the police. Richard switches to real world images as our hero gets closer to freedom, which was subtle enough to sneak up on me a bit. The overall art is maybe a little amateurish (open to different opinions, and I always feel like I’ll burst into flames when *I* critique the quality of someone’s art), but I did like his backgrounds and overall scene composition. And, while I can’t talk about, that ending was perfect and caught me completely by surprise. So maybe it’s worth a shot? No price, so I’ll go with my default of $5.
Warning: there are no scenes on the beach in this comic. That’s for the people who only buy comics that have beaches in them, because if you can imagine the fetish, it exists out there somewhere. For the rest of us, this is a sidebar to the overall story that is the “romance” of Owen and Margaux. This covers the conversation between the two of them after Owen confronts Margaux after she revealed his gills on the beach, against his express wishes from doing it in public. They have an argument, then they seem like they come to an understanding… and then things get weird. This is a shortie, so there’s not a whole lot to say about it (Audra specifically says on the back that it was drawn to qualify for a grant from a con), but it’s still an important piece of the whole puzzle. Or it will be? Guess I don’t know what the whole puzzle is yet either. But there’s rarely enough time to show the quiet moments in comics, and this one covers a gap nicely. In other words, the main series is significantly more layered and dense than this issue, and the main series is definitely where you should start if you’re new to Audra’s work, but if you’ve been keeping up, this is absolutely worth checking out to help fill in the overall big picture. $5
For any comics creators out there who think that their comic isn’t complete unless they plaster countless bits of dialogue and exposition over every page, I’d like to introduce them to this series. Then, if that doesn’t take, I’d like to literally hit them over the head with it. This isn’t a silent issue (the sounds of the city alone would prevent that, and they’re essential to establishing an ambiance), but there are long sections of silence, and one way I can tell that a comic has fully captured my attention is that I’m paying as much attention to the quiet parts as I am to the dialogue. Every page without dialogue has stories happening in the backgrounds, and a good chunk of the fun of this series is trying to figure out what those might be. Take a few minutes with that scene in the bar before the band starts playing, why don’t you? Dozens of stories are happening in that two page spread alone. Speaking of silence, I don’t think Karl (or “Karl”; I’m never sure how much of this is autobiographical and how much is composite stories) says a single word in this comic. This led to a brief moment of panic: surely I would have noticed if he hadn’t said a word in the whole series, right? Surely. Should I get to the actual comic, rather than just my amazement at and enjoyment of the series as a whole? Things start off in a diner, where we’re once again surrounded by stories. This goes on for the entire issue until it’s over. Kidding! Sort of. I mean, I don’t think I’m going to sell anybody on this by talking about the town drunk getting bailed out of jail after being caught sleeping under a pool table by the morning clean-up crew at a bar. Or the woman with the necrotic leg who’s begging for money, or the late rock show, or the picnic in the graveyard, but they were all important pieces of the whole. Previous characters pop back in (the guy who attempted to mug them in the last issue returns and seems a little surprised that they don’t think back on the incident as being as funny as he does), new characters are introduced. You know, stuff that happens in a series. The next issue is the last one in this series, and it’s rare for me to be this excited to see how the whole thing comes together. $14
I don’t like to use more than one page for a sample image, but since everything was a double page spread, I had to go with two pages. But hey, if a few of you buy her comic, I won’t feel guilty about it! Birdcage Bottom Books describes this as her debut comic, and if that’s the case it’s a hell of an impressive debut. Judging by her website she’s made several comics since and she’s working in several different artistic fields. Still, that’s all clear from her website, what’s the actual comic about? It starts off with a question I’ve thought about plenty: how far back can you go in your own memory? Is it an event of just vagueness, something indefinable? Then we get a couple fishing out on a lake, talking about dreams, followed by one of them catching a truly disgusting fish. That doesn’t stop them from eating it, which is when the comic really opens up. Eating the fish gives them a connection to something primal, which all of the swirling colors and floating text really emphasizes. It’s a ride I’d rather not spoil, but the whole thing felt like an unheard song to me. No, that won’t make sense to most of you, but if you read the comic and read this review again, maybe you’ll get there. It raised all kinds of questions about the nature of existence and memory, with the feeling of a haunting but somehow comforting song fading out. If you’re still wondering, yes, I’d recommend giving this one a shot. $10
I mentioned last time around that #4 was a good issue for new readers to jump in, but after reading this one it sure looks like Martin is wrapping this series up and moving on to something else. Or not! There’s not really a big overarching story to wrap up, but that was just the sense I got by the end of it. And boy howdy, have I ever been wrong about this sort of thing plenty of times. Anyway! This is a mammoth 60 pages, so if you’re a fan of Martin’s work, you’re probably never going to get more of it in one chunk like this. Unless there’s an eventual collected edition, I guess. The through line, as you might have guessed from that cover, is that there’s a sheep out there with a gun killing people (and animals). He starts off with a frog that’s just trying to count sheep to get to sleep, goes on more than a bit of a killing spree from there, and then gets his storyline wrapped up by the end of the comic. What else is happening in here? It starts off with a recap that has nothing to do with what’s come before which, in the absence a real recap (an impossibility for this series, honestly), is my favorite kind of “recap”. From there we get a wide range of conversations with a cat and a mouse, the new show that’s sweeping the nation (“Two Suicidal Frogs”), a few brief appearances by the rabbits, back to the pigeons, a kid with an unconvincing case to be turned into a cyborg, an encounter with a killer dog (and Depression Wolf), a beaver at an office job, several strips about library patrons that sure feel like they’re inspired by real events, and all of our heroes coming together by the end, with several of them ending up dead (which is why I think the series might be over). Oh, and there’s also a back page with nothing to do with the comic, and Martin explains the reasoning behind that in hilarious fashion. It’s a behemoth of a book, and probably overall the best work he’s done so far. $10
Please know that it is practically causing me physical pain to not be typing “ye olde” every time. No, I don’t know why I’m like this either. Leo had several zines at SPACE that looked interesting, but since they were a bit on the pricey side and since I got to his table late, I was only able to get one of them. Still, there’s a lot to love about this one. As the title implies, it has a couple of stories that involve hacks for people going through transition, with the slight practical problem being that they’re both older fairy tales. One is from 14th century Portugal, and the other is from a Romanian folk tale. The first story deals with a young woman who’s promised to a pagan king, so she… well, look at the sample image below. She’s given a beard, which gives her a striking resemblance to another religious figure, and her father takes the likeness maybe a bit too far. The second story deals with the daughter of an emperor who has disguised herself as a man to become a warrior. The king sent her on three missions, and she had no trouble with the first two. But the last mission involved stealing holy water from nuns that never slept, so once they found out what this warrior had done they put a curse on her. Little did they know that that curse was exactly what that warrior wanted, but hey, no spoilers (although you might be able to figure it out by the general theme of the comic). Funny, informative and with the some striking black and white art, it’s well worth checking out. Next time I’m going to try to find his table earlier, because my life will not be complete until I get his comic “Women Be Shopping.” $10
There came a point in my search to find the creator of this comic where I had to just assume that they wanted to remain anonymous. I bought two of their comics at SPACE, and only this one had any kind of clue as to where to search online to find any more information. None of the websites I found with their comics for sale had names attached to it. So if that was your intention, mysterious creator, congratulations! You are anonymous. If not, then this is where I once again leave this lesson for comics creators: always make it easy for people who stumble across your books to find you online. The books are easy enough to find, so kudos for that, anyway. I’m rambling, but it’s yet another unasked for peek behind the curtain here at the reviewing factory. The comic itself is basic, but adorable (at least if you like dogs): a couple is on a road trip with their dog Derrick and they make it to Texas. I genuinely think the couple talk more to the dog than they do to each other, so dog lovers are going to find all kinds of stuff here to relate to. Sleepy dog, barking dog, swimming dog, exploring dog, rolling around in filth dog, you’ve pretty much got the whole spectrum of dog behaviors covered. I also learned on the website that they also put out the Dick Blaster comics, which couldn’t be any more different than this, so at least it’s clear that that company has range. But yeah, this is a cute little mini about a playful dog. If you’re looking for that, you’ve found it! $2
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