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Fagan, Matt – I Had To Get A Stupid Root Canal
I Had To Get A Stupid Root Canal
That Matt Fagan, he does give good title. It’s been years since I saw Domestic Partner of Frankenstein and was naturally thrilled to have something else to put up on this page, even if it’s just a $.50 shortie like this one. This, very briefly, describes Matt’s root canal. His reluctance to go to the dentist seemed to have carried over into his reluctance to document the experience, as it’s mostly about the time before and after the root canal, but who can blame him? Anyway, here’s hoping there’s more from the man in my Chicago comics pile, as this was just a taste. Favorite non-sampled moment: the little Dutch boy trying to stop the bleeding in his tooth. Adorable. $.50
Fagan, Matt – Domestic Partner of Frankenstein
Domestic Partner of Frankenstein
Man, I hate this scanner… Take a look at that title. Right away you can tell that there has to be something worth looking at. The question is, of course, whether it’s worth looking at because it has a great title or it there more to it than that? Let me tell you the concept and you can figure it out for yourself. There’s a mad scientist who’s trying to make a monster. He uses body parts from a fire at an Antique’s Road Show, but the monster ends up having trouble meeting another gay monster. So he goes back to his creator and, luckily, one of the floats in the gay pride parade is struck by lightning. Another monster is made, but can they get along? A great concept for a story and I think he pulled it off really well. $3.50 is a bit much but it is a big book, so it depends on where your priorities are. E-mail the guy or send him money at: 1573 N. Milwaukee Ave. PMB #464 Chicago, IL 60622.
Fagan, Matt – Love #4
Love #4
Aspiring comic folk, THIS is how you do a recap for a series. Obviously this is #4, meaning that some probably important events have come before this issue. On the front inside cover, Matt said that a lot of important things happened in the first few issues and he hopes the reader hasn’t missed them, but just in case they did, he goes on to mention just about everything you could need to know, while still leaving enough room for curiosity that people would still want to check out the earlier stories. Kudos, Mr. Fagan. As for the rest of the comic, this is a behemoth of a mini. This issue deals mostly with the lives of Jack and Pokie, two lovers and the main characters, as Pokie gets arrested for having a naked Flash run down the street and Jack composes and puts on a play about a zombie unicorn and the virgin who’s the only person that can see it. Lots of other minor characters flit in and out, which would have been confusing if it wasn’t for that amazing recap of the past issues. These are done mostly in a page by page format, with something vaguely resembling a punchline at the end of the page, until they get to the actual play, then it’s damned near a mini on its own. All told, this comic works in all sorts of ways. It works as a relationship book, it works as a comedy and hell, it even works on an inspirational level, as the fact that these two characters are able to get their bizarre artistic visions made into reality is downright inspiring. $3
