Tales From the Flat #6
And to think I was getting worried about this series turning into one big slugfest. This issue puts things right back onto the solid ground of the first three issues: building up the characters and introducing a new one, Oliver’s brother Toby. There is a brief bit of trouble, as Toby has built up some debt to some shady characters, but the bulk of the issue involves the crew sitting around a bar, with Fred dealing with an obvious crush on Vicky and Toby telling the story of what’s been happening to him lately. 26 pages of this and no, it doesn’t get old. There’s a bit of a conflict at the end (because the world needs cliffhangers), but in all it’s a remarkably calm issue after #4 and 5. I think they’ve hit on a winning formula here, worrying about the characters most of the time and then blowing the shit out of everything every few issues. Of course, the only way I can be sure that they have the hang of this is to do at least another half dozen issues of this series. Hey, I’d pay to see it, and the quotes on the back are getting more and more hoity-toity (at least in comics world) all the time, so the right folks are obviously impressed. Worth a look, and this ties things back together that the whole series is definitely worth supporting.
