Tales From the Flat Collected Edition Volume 1
I love it when a comic completely makes my week. Generally speaking it hasn’t been a good five day stretch around here, but I was only about 5 pages in when I started to forget about everything else in the world, and by the time it was over, well, screw the rest of the world, at least things like this exist. This is the story of four people sharing a flat and their daily adventures. Sounds dull, right? Forget it. One of them turns out to have a super power, they already have somebody fixing to be a nemesis (you can tell by the beard, nothing has been revealed yet), there’s an evil cafe worker who’s cooking people, and just the faintest hint of a killer robot. The first few issues (this collects 1-3) are really about getting these people set up with their own distinct personalities, and Laurence and Oliver do a terrific job of it. We get to see which ones are the comic freaks, which ones are the gamers, and which one is the responsible one of the bunch, because how would anything get done if there wasn’t a responsible one? There’s also a lovely extended sequence dealing with assholes in a movie theater, and who can’t relate to that? This was a blast to read, through and through, and you can’t ask for more than that. Generally speaking I read these as I review them, to keep them fresh in my head, but it’s going to be tough waiting a few weeks to see what happens in #4-6. The only issue here is that I don’t know a thing about currency conversion, although I do know the dollar is generally worthless at the moment, so… $5 or so? It could be twice that and worth every penny, but I’ll bet they’ll be more than willing to lead you through it if you go to that website listed above…
