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Ayo, Little Garden #2
Little Garden #2
Remember my review for the last issue of this series? Well, it’s the same for this one, only moreso. What, you want more? OK, fine. You have the same basic setup here as the first issue, a word (or two or three) on the left side and a drawing on the right side. This one made even less sense than the last one to me, but I’m not entirely sure it’s supposed to make sense. The impressions I get from this are working, killing time, chatting and looking for reasons not to work. See? You probably would have been better off with the one sentence review I started this off with…
Ayo – Little Garden #1
Little Garden #1
Here’s another one of those minis where it’s too short to get much more than a simple impression of the book, or at least that’s my cop-out way of dealing with writing a review of it. From the sample you can see that there is a few words of text on the left side and an image on the right side pretty much all the way through, dealing with working in the garden, stealing and playing. It doesn’t come together as much of a linear story in my mind, more like a series of postcards with the same characters on them. Here’s hoping that makes sense to somebody besides me. It’s too tiny to say much about without just repeating the whole thing here, but I will say that if you like his other book (like me), then you’ll probably like this one (like me). If you haven’t seen his other book, well, then just check that one out first and then come back for this one, if you want my advice. If you don’t, then why are you still reading this? Website is up there, this one is $1…
Ayo – 80 Gun #1
80 Gun #1
Why aren’t there any political comic books? Or, for that matter, any comics at all that deal with events going on in the world, our place in it and where it might all be headed? Sure, there are plenty that are focused on where individual people are headed, and plenty more that are about characters who point you to lessons about the world in general, but where the hell are all the comics about the world? Sorry to go off on a rant there, but I was just curious. There are two stories in this one. The first is a story ostensibly about food and what happens to it every step of the way (getting it, eating it, digesting it), although it also veers briefly into how the US is capable of handing out food while we’re bombing the people who are eating it. The second story deals with television and the time-wasters that come with it, and how we can’t escape it in almost anything we do these days. If either of these sound overly preachy, somehow that’s not how they come across, which is the mark of a pretty successful piece of art, in my book. The writing and the art are sparse and effective, making this a pretty quick read, but something that sticks in your brain. Here’s a website with a little more info, I also have a few other books from this guy and I can’t wait to read more, as I was thoroughly impressed with my first look…
