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Hurd, Damon & Camello, Pedro – A Sort of Homecoming #2
A Sort of Homecoming #2
In case anybody read the first issue of this series and had any doubts about it, this should put them all to rest. This issue is basically a collection of flashbacks to earlier times with David and Owen. It starts to show why they lost touch in the first place (although it leaves the future, potentially explosive confrontations for the next issue) and some of the great times they had when they were younger. I don’t think Owen actually talks to a single living human being in this issue. Look, the reason this book, and everything I’ve seen by these two, is so great is that everybody can relate to what they’re trying to say. Who out there doesn’t have a friend (or two, or ten) that they always thought they were going to hang out with but here they are, years later, and they haven’t seen that person in years? Still, at the back of your mind, there’s usually some piece of that friendship sitting there, coming back to the front of your brain when you see a reminder of times that you once had. It’s a great, true series so far and I can’t wait to see how it ends. $3.50, contact info is up there.
Hurd, Damon & Camello, Pedro – A Sort of Homecoming (advance preview)
A Sort of Homecoming (advance preview)
One pet peeve right off the bat: if you’re going to have a special preview edition, it helps me a whole bunch if you let me know when the actual book is coming out. I’ve scanned this book a few times and I just don’t see it. If I had to guess I’d say that it would be in the first few months of 2004, but that’s just because it’s apparently going to be a three-part graphic novel and he already has a lot of pages done here. Enough already, you might be thinking, what about the story? Well, it begins with a young man, Owen, learning that someone close to him, David, has died. We learn instantly that he has a complicated relationship with David, as he talks a bit of shit about the guy before he learns that he’s dead. The rest of the book is Owen’s reaction to the news intercut with flashbacks that show how they met when they were little kids and various things that have happened to them over the years. This serves perfectly as a preview, as all it really does it get you wondering just what the heck is going on. It’s $2, so you can probably get a copy of it off the Alternative Comics website. I’d recommend just getting the first book, frankly, as these two have completely won me over. His stuff might break through to the mainstream if he keeps this up, if that’s what he’s looking for. Other contact info is up there…
