Midville High #9
Matt’s taken time off comics here and there (go to his website, he’s very clear about the release dates for his books), so it’s heartening to see that he has a release schedule now and he’s clearly sticking to it. Two comics in two months is impressive in the small press comics world, but he’s clearly planning on keeping these monthly, and I don’t see much reason to doubt him. This one is mostly about our hero Kyle getting into a jam of not finishing his third of a joint school project (which leads to the promise of bodily harm from the other two participants if he doesn’t get his act together) and trying to get out of it. Along with many, many jokes, which I guess some people might not like, but I appreciated the commitment to the bit if nothing else (and OK fine, I also laughed at more than a few of the jokes). Anyway, Kyle hears about an old hoax involving a picture of dried up corpses of fairies that were found in the woods decades ago and decides to make that his contribution to the project. But time is running short and, to put it mildly, Kyle has trouble focusing on his schoolwork, which of course leads to some shenanigans by the end. It’s another fun story, and my only complaint about the book is the fake newspaper story on the back cover of the comic. Not the story itself, mind you, just that my copy (or maybe all copies?) ended up so faded that I couldn’t really read it. It’s a minor thing, and it didn’t effect the story, but I am one of those people who watches all the bonus content for things that I like, so I would have liked to have read the whole story. Oh, the problems I have. Check it out why don’t you, give the man some incentive to keep up that monthly schedule! $1
Posted by Kevin 
