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Greg Beda's PostModern AnXst is a brilliantly witty and
touching comicbook. Greg Beda draws on personal experiences
for his series Rosewood. Beda used to work with mentally
disabled people in a group home. Rosewood is a fictional group
home for women. It is poignant and quite accurate interpretation
of mentally disabled young woman. I see a little bit of my little
sister in each and every one of these characters. There is one
character that has a date with her boyfriend and just won't stop
talking about it, and another character that has little screaming
fits. These are just some of the little quirks that the characters
of this series have. The really cool thing is that these quirks
aren't off the wall and inaccurate. The art is cute and cartoony
without being insulting. In all honesty the cartoon quality of
the art compliments the quirkiness of both the characters and the
plot perfectly.
The second major second of the book is a section of comic
strips called Greg Beda's PostModern Romance that would fit perfectly
into the Sunday Morning funnies section. These cartoons make
lighthearted pokes at dating and relationships in the 90's. I think
that everyone will find at least on of these strips amusing.
If you're interesting in picking up this wonderful book you can
look in your comic shop if your comic shop is really cool and carries
these sort of things or you can write to Re-Imagining Comic Art and
ask them about ordering PostModern AnXst at:
Re-Imagining Comic Art
P.O. Box 610154
Redwood City, CA 94061-0154
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