A Grain of Salt
I think Lynn wins the prize for “most awkward opening scene in a mini comic ever”. Actually, there’s enough disturbing stuff out there that it’d be a pretty stiff competition, but this one has to be up there. A young girl and her brother are sitting at a diner, enjoying their lunch, when the brother proclaims that he wants to have his sister’s babies. The sister is rightly disgusted and outraged (as is the passing waitress), but by the end Lynn has somehow managed to right this into a more than slightly heartwarming comic. Yes, it’s possible, and yes, it all makes sense in the end. This is a tiny thing (5 pages of comic) so it’s impossible to say too much without giving the whole plot away, but I was able to come away with the impression that Lynn has a nice ear for dialogue. It’s hard to say much more about Lynn from such a small sample (and there’s artwork available on her website but I’m not seeing comics), but I am intrigued. Hard not to be after an opening scene like that! $1
