I hate to do this, but the link in the title goes to a free online version of this comic, purely because I couldn’t find a place online to buy a physical copy of it (and the link will be changed once I do). So if you follow that link, please send her $8 so neither one of us has to feel guilty about it. This is Ruby’s latest, and it’s completely different in tone from the other two comics of hers that I’ve read so far. What’s that you say, that that’s the mark of a great artist? You’ll get no argument from me. This is an almost (but not completely) silent comic, and it’s all about the moment that a stripper finally snaps. It’s also tricky as hell to get a sample image out of, since there are a few double page spreads and it’s such a complete story as is that pulling an image from it might not tell you much about it. Things start off normally, with our stripper in a seedy room with countless anonymous eyes on her. It doesn’t seem to be any one thing that causes her to snap, but snap she does, gradually and then all at once. I’m also only noticing now that the eyes that are constantly in the background are very much telling their own story, and that you should keep an eye (ugh) on them if you’re wondering about the reactions of the faceless crowd as things progress. It’s a spectacularly unnerving story, and any long term reader knows that that’s about the highest recommendation I can give for a comic. $8 (if you can find it; Chicago people, check the shops!)
