SPACE Reviews, Part One
I'm gonna review as many Comics, Minis, and Zines from SPACE as I can afore I go to work. In all cases, I will include the Title, Creators, and Websites if that info is present in the comic. I'm NOT including Mailing Addresses or e-mail addresses, cause that just doesn't seem like the thing to do. Before we get started, two quick orders of business...
First off, a big thank you to everyone who bought or traded for a copy of my work. I hope you enjoy SDF, and even if you don't, your support of TORC Press means everything to this nobody creator from the sticks.
Secondly, a Big Thank You to the folks over at Pickle Press. The artist, Paul Schultz, was one of the small handful of people who bought a $5 comic off of us (in fact, he recognized us from Chicago and apparently has a sketch of Oliver Lamplighter), and Nick Havert, the writer, wrote up a really cool Haiku for me. Thanks a lot guys! Onward...
The Three Keys #1- (Pickle Press/Nick Havert, Paul Schultz, and Craig Deboard/ www.picklepress.net) -Speaking of Pickle Press...This is a fun fantasy book, detailing the adventures of a Wizard, Thief, and Elf and their attempts to protect a caravan from bandits. The hook is that the story is told Rashomon style, or from the different perspectives of each of the characters. Interesting writing and clean, cartoony art. Good stuff all around.
Zed: Backstage Pass- (www.corkeycomics.com) A funny little series of strips about Talking Dryer Lint. This would feel right at home in a newspaper's funnies section. But, seriously, whoever did this shoulda put his name on it.
PanGea Preview- (James V. West/ www.apecomics.com) A short pantomime story about a barbarian girl in the jungle. I like the art a lot, it reminds of a number of different cartoonists without being an imitation of anything.
Ozone Jones- 24 Hour Comic and Last House on the Block- (Michelangelo Cicerone)- A fun little story about a superpowered boy and his adventures, "The Last House on the Block" features some great usage of blacks. The 24 Hour comic is interesting, but it obviously gets rushed near the end.
Mission X-Odous & 3 Guys with Fake IDs- (3 Guys with Glasses/ CB Adkins & Keith Stidham) Mission X-Odous is a very, very ambitious sci-fi story set in a very developed futuristic world. Given time to breathe, this story has a ton of potential. The art's not bad, but a little hard to follow at times. Again, with time, this could be really good stuff. 3 Guys with Fake IDs is a quick, funny read about a Role Playing group and the antics surrounding their games.
Dragon Mythologist- Adrienne Westmoreland- This Zine doesn't really have a story, instead it uses clip art and text to study Dragons throughout history and myth. Pretty interesting stuff.
White Walrus- Thomas Laitinen- This is like "Lobo" on crack! A monstrous, muscle bound anti-hero named the White Walrus runs around beating up hippies and protecting Seal Clubbers and Oil Drillers. Funny parody stuff, the real draw of this series is the excellente artwork. Really smooth, clean linework throughout, and decent storytelling. Nice, very anti-PC.
Lisa #15, The Big Vacation- (Aaron/ Ancient Wisdom Comics) One of the guys who we spent a little time hanging out with was Aaron, a genuinely nice, outgoing fella. His two minis he traded me are crazy, manic works crammed full of spastic drawings, jumbled text, and clip art. In other words, entertaining, fun stuff.
The Mummette- (Various)- Aaron also gave me this mini, which I believe is a Jam comic. It's a funny little bit about a mummy hitting on a couple of zombie gals. Not sure who did what though.
Welp, out of time. More reviews tommorrow!
First off, a big thank you to everyone who bought or traded for a copy of my work. I hope you enjoy SDF, and even if you don't, your support of TORC Press means everything to this nobody creator from the sticks.
Secondly, a Big Thank You to the folks over at Pickle Press. The artist, Paul Schultz, was one of the small handful of people who bought a $5 comic off of us (in fact, he recognized us from Chicago and apparently has a sketch of Oliver Lamplighter), and Nick Havert, the writer, wrote up a really cool Haiku for me. Thanks a lot guys! Onward...
The Three Keys #1- (Pickle Press/Nick Havert, Paul Schultz, and Craig Deboard/ www.picklepress.net) -Speaking of Pickle Press...This is a fun fantasy book, detailing the adventures of a Wizard, Thief, and Elf and their attempts to protect a caravan from bandits. The hook is that the story is told Rashomon style, or from the different perspectives of each of the characters. Interesting writing and clean, cartoony art. Good stuff all around.
Zed: Backstage Pass- (www.corkeycomics.com) A funny little series of strips about Talking Dryer Lint. This would feel right at home in a newspaper's funnies section. But, seriously, whoever did this shoulda put his name on it.
PanGea Preview- (James V. West/ www.apecomics.com) A short pantomime story about a barbarian girl in the jungle. I like the art a lot, it reminds of a number of different cartoonists without being an imitation of anything.
Ozone Jones- 24 Hour Comic and Last House on the Block- (Michelangelo Cicerone)- A fun little story about a superpowered boy and his adventures, "The Last House on the Block" features some great usage of blacks. The 24 Hour comic is interesting, but it obviously gets rushed near the end.
Mission X-Odous & 3 Guys with Fake IDs- (3 Guys with Glasses/ CB Adkins & Keith Stidham) Mission X-Odous is a very, very ambitious sci-fi story set in a very developed futuristic world. Given time to breathe, this story has a ton of potential. The art's not bad, but a little hard to follow at times. Again, with time, this could be really good stuff. 3 Guys with Fake IDs is a quick, funny read about a Role Playing group and the antics surrounding their games.
Dragon Mythologist- Adrienne Westmoreland- This Zine doesn't really have a story, instead it uses clip art and text to study Dragons throughout history and myth. Pretty interesting stuff.
White Walrus- Thomas Laitinen- This is like "Lobo" on crack! A monstrous, muscle bound anti-hero named the White Walrus runs around beating up hippies and protecting Seal Clubbers and Oil Drillers. Funny parody stuff, the real draw of this series is the excellente artwork. Really smooth, clean linework throughout, and decent storytelling. Nice, very anti-PC.
Lisa #15, The Big Vacation- (Aaron/ Ancient Wisdom Comics) One of the guys who we spent a little time hanging out with was Aaron, a genuinely nice, outgoing fella. His two minis he traded me are crazy, manic works crammed full of spastic drawings, jumbled text, and clip art. In other words, entertaining, fun stuff.
The Mummette- (Various)- Aaron also gave me this mini, which I believe is a Jam comic. It's a funny little bit about a mummy hitting on a couple of zombie gals. Not sure who did what though.
Welp, out of time. More reviews tommorrow!
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Thanks for the nice words guys. And the name of the caroonist that gave you the promo page of Zed: Backstage Pass is DUANE M. ABEL. And the first collection of Zed, twenty four pages of fun, is avaliable at www.corkeycomics.com. Remember that name, DUANE M. ABEL.
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