Hot & Cold Running Ghosts
I do believe that Grant has reinvented a genre. Which comic genre specifically he’s reinvented I’ll leave for the surprise ending of the review, as it sure came as a shock to me after reading the comic. This is the story of Grant trying to interpret his dreams, drunk-dialing a friend and getting a little too gushy with the praise, and generally trying to pull together bits of his life (if I may interpret his dreams baselessly for just a moment), or at least keep them from crumbling in his hands. It’s a genuinely brilliant read, from his seamless transition from dreams to reality and back again to his notable lack of whining in a story that could have easily turned self-indulgent. Really not a comic to be missed, and probably somewhere around $3. And the kicker to all this? It’s a diary comic. Grant removed all the dates and kept it with only a few distinct themes, but this blows out of the water and idea I had about the daily diary format being too constricting. Clearly there are all sorts of directions to take this genre before dismissing it out of hand…
