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Farkas, Josh – Nothing Left to Lose
Nothing Left to Lose
Does that cover looked smudged and crinkled to you? That’s what it looks like, I didn’t throw it down the steps or anything. I should also point out how great that is, that this book (even the spine) looks like it’s been read a hundred times and is about forty years old. In terms of layout and appearance this thing is a masterpiece. To the cover (and it’s possible that I love that too much but you can’t bring me down about that) to the inside to even the acknowledgements in the back, it’s hard for a graphic novel to look much better than this. The story is a harder thing to nail down, with a big cast of peripheral characters, some of whom you never figure out what their motivations things were. I can’t really go into it more than that without ruining the ending, but trust me on that. Not that that does a thing to affect the larger story, mind you. That’s about a young man who checks himself into a mental health facility after experiencing visions and another recent “graduate” of the same facility. The first man sees the world ending, over and over, with everything destroyed and people melting in front of him. The second man seems unable to let go of his past. Oh, and than there’s the incredibly creepy thing they both keep seeing, which seems to have something to do with the end of the world. It’s a good little mystery, although, oddly, I think this is one of those cases where he could have done with another 50 pages or so for character development. Which is probably one of the nicest things you can say about a book: that you wanted to spend more time with it. Oh, and it’s also really cheap at $6.99, so click on that website up there if you’re curious…
Farkas, Josh – Qwerty
Qwerty
That might just be the laziest title I’ve ever seen. If you don’t believe me take a look down at your keyboards. Or maybe it’s not lazy, maybe he’s just going for simple and I shouldn’t worry my pretty little head about it. Sure, I’ll go with that. This comic (which is called an APE Special Edition, but I’m guessing it’s available because he sent it to me) is all about a young woman with a small child who’s trying to manage her life while still raising her boy. It shows a lot of the harsh realities of trying to raise a small child on your own without ever getting overly preachy, which is pretty hard to pull off. Oh, and there is a robot, just in case you’re not the type who likes a quiet personal drama. Good ear for dialogue all the way through (and the art wasn’t bad either), it’s a little pricey at $4, but it’s also a pretty big book. Worth a look, and he also sent a graphic novel that I should have up here in a week or so if you’d rather reserve judgment until all the facts are in…
