Clock! #1
Bleh. This seems like one of those guys who would be a lot better served going with the longer stories. This issue has a series of one page strips and slightly longer stories and the longer stories work much better. It has an obvious Hernandez Bros. feel to it, at least for the longer stories, but there are certainly worse people to imitate. His attempts at humor fall pretty flat too. Most of the things that are supposed to be sad strike me as kind of pathetic, unless I’m just reading it wrong. Still, I wouldn’t mind seeing other things that he’s done. He can tell a creepy story and has some great insights into the human mind, especially with his “50s” story. His “marketable” character, Floot, is awful. Not funny, not insightful, not much of anything. Here’s hoping he dumps him and sticks to his strengths for future issues. Write him to get this and other stuff that he’s done at PO Box 6322 San Pedro, CA 90734. Or just get it online though Top Shelf like me…
