{"id":25762,"date":"2019-05-30T12:43:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T17:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=25762"},"modified":"2019-05-26T13:04:58","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T18:04:58","slug":"allan-von-wolfs-head-volume-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/opticalsloth.com\/?p=25762","title":{"rendered":"Allan, Von – Wolf’s Head Volume 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Von Allan! It’s been ages. To give you a peek into my life that nobody asked for, a few months back a bookmark of his old book (The Road To God Knows…<\/a>), sort of shifted to the surface of one of my comic piles. Yes, it’s probably almost exactly what you’re picturing from somebody who’s gotten review comics on a regular basis for the last 18 years. Anyway, seeing that made me wonder what the guy was up to, and suddenly he sends me two new books (I’ll be writing about the sequel to this soon). Kismet! Or coincidence. Either way, good timing. So what’s this one about? It’s complicated. Or very simple, depending on how you look at it. This is the story of Lauren, Patty and Sanko. Lauren has just quit the police force, as she’s not able to put up with the abuse and corruption as a black woman. Patty is her mother and is dealing with complications with her heart following a fire in the laboratory where she cleans up at night. Sanko is a very good boy. Lauren’s story is what keeps everything grounded; she loves being a cop but can’t stand by with what’s happening, so she has no choice but to quit. The decision is clearly hurting her, as she listens to a police scanner in her apartment and ends up getting physical with a corner drug dealer after quitting, something that almost comes back to bite her later. Her search for a job, any job, is entirely too real, and heartbreaking. Things take a turn for the fantastical with Patty, as she grabbed something from the lab during the fire that seems possibly sentient and shows a protective streak towards Patty. This element plays a small role so far, but it seems like it’s going to come up more later. It’s an interesting mix of relentless realism (seriously, that job hunt was soul crushing) with a supernatural and\/or alien component. I’m curious to see what happens next, which is always the goal with a first volume, right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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