Midville High #14
Matt was nice enough to send me a few of his more recent comics, so I’m happy to report that A. he has indeed stuck to that monthly schedule, which is the sort of thing that brings me joy and B. he also has a big 300ish page collection of his comics out now, which would be a great and convenient way to get started on his stuff. Which makes it especially odd that I’m still not sure how to get individual issues of his comics, outside of emailing the man I guess. This time around there’s one main story, and it’s simple: the new issue of Bat Chap (with a solid running gag of if it’s Bat Chap or THE Bat Chap) is coming out, and since it’s the death of Bat Chap, it’s going to be worth big bucks one day. But there’s a blizzard, so there’s no easy way to get to the comic store. And thus begins the hero’s journey! Ick, that must be the first time I’ve used “thus” in a review. Anyway, there are plenty of hardships along the way, along with an excellent finale set in the far future that shows just how much that issue ended up being worth. And this might be the first time that I realized that these comics are set in the past, maybe roughly from when Matt was in school? The idea of the death of a superhero being a valuable comic was one big hint, but the existence of a working pay phone (combined with a book of actual yellow pages) sealed the deal. Two other short stories are also in here, one about the adventures of Bat Chap (a very British superhero indeed, with some funny dialogue and objections by the beaten up henchmen) and a brief conversation between the gang about chaos theory and the butterfly effect. It’s another solid issue, and it looks like the next three issues are a three part story, so I’m going to have to start being more careful about just grabbing an issue at random to review. $1
