Seeds
People of the future, there’s one way for you to be able to tell that I was writing this on a Saturday (unless I finally get my act together, go back and put the posting dates on all these reviews): because I picked a small wordless mini about a family in the country shoveling off an ice pond instead of picking any of the other pile of comics I have to review (like that one on the Honduran coup I’ll be getting around to next week). Not to take anything away from this, but I needed something light and breezy and Marek fit the bill perfectly. This is, like I said, a story about hijinx while clearing off a pond for skating. The title does make sense, but you have to wait until the end of the story to learn why. This comic is, frankly, adorable, with the small kid trying to get out of the house without his hat, the prancing dad who’s trying to keep his freezing kid entertained, the mother coming to try and restore a semblance of order, and the Flintstones-style birds that help out by chopping wood while the family is away. Hm, maybe I would have been better off with the Honduran coup, that sounds too sweet to be believed. It kind of is, and I sometimes get my cranky on and bash comics like this, but not today. Today I just thought it was sweet, and I’ll leave the heavier stuff for a later day. No price, but I’m guessing one moonbeam. Aw, I couldn’t leave without at least getting in a tiny snide comment, could I?
