Lopez, Fran – Fascination

March 13, 2025

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Fascination

When I started reviewing Fran’s comics, should I have done that thing I sometimes do where I review several comics from the same artist in the same week? Looking back and seeing how all of these stories seem to tie back to each other in ways great and small, and seeing as how I’m not currently seeing all of the connections because of time spent between reviews, I’d say yes! Still, we’re dealing with the brain that I have and the decisions that I’ve made, not what I retroactively wish had happened, so you’re getting a review for this particular comic with a warning to the reader: if you buy a few of Fran’s comics, do yourself a favor and read them all at once, eh? Anyway, as that cover suggests, there are two stories in this one. First up is the story of a young woman who had a famous catch phrase in a commercial years ago and is getting recognized on the street for it. The only trouble is that she can’t exactly recall filming the commercial, and if it only aired for a week decades ago, why are so many people coming up to her and shouting her catchphrase at her now? Next up is a story called Waiting, in which a mother has a lot of spare time as her newborn sits in an incubator. She talks to the baby about how she came about, and it involves a discovery from space (that looks suspiciously like a satellite from this planet), how she met the baby’s father at an event celebrating the discovery of the space item (and how the rest of their society had more or less moved on by then), and what eventually ended up happening with the father. It’s another solid addition to the world of Fran’s comics, and if and when Fran puts out another comic, assuming it’s set in this same shared universe, I’m going to go back and put the pieces together to see exactly how it all fits together. $6