One tricky thing about reviewing older comics is that I sometimes have no idea what the creator is up to these days. I liked Rusty’s books back in the day (it looks like the last time I reviewed one of his comics was in 2013), but lost track of him a bit and ordered this from the Spit and a Half shop recently. Now according to my usual cursory internet search it looks like his most current website is a Tumblr page that was last updated a decade ago? Eh, let’s just go with the theory that I’m missing something obvious. Besides, that Tumblr page does have images from this particular comic, so at least it’s relevant. Oh hey, I should also talk about the comic a bit, right? This one starts off with a brief story about Duane walking and talking with his bird pal Christian, trying to figure out what he’s doing with his life and what it all means. From there we go to a… I guess you’d call it Claymation if it was an animated short, but since it’s a comic it’s a series of staged pictures with malleable dolls, about a woman who’s giving a news report about a string of murders, but who may have lost the plot a bit on who exactly she’s reporting to. After that a trip to the bar is required, where the news woman runs into an old boyfriend, Duane tries to pet a bird and the band singer has a rough time of it. There was a nice through line on all of these stories, mixed styles and all, and hey look at that, it turns out that I still like Rusty’s comics. It’s a measly $5 and in stock at John Porcellino’s shop, give it a shot why don’t you?
