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Dontcha just hate it when you go to the comic book shop and just about
every title you read has a new issue out (with a lot of series I read, this is
a miracle), so you snap them all up, rush home to read them, and then
they're all dissapointing? It was one of those months.
Anyway, the one new comic I picked up this month was Slow News Day
by Andi Watson. While not a bad comic, like Breakfast After Noon it
simply failed to measure up to the standard set by Skeleton Key and
Geisha. Maybe it's wrong of me to judge someone's work based on their
past work, but hey, I'm a mean nasty critic, I can do whatever I want!
SND (as it shall henceforth be abbreviated as, for I am feeling lazy today)
is published by Slave Labor Graphics. It tells the story of Katharine
Washington, an American woman who for some reason decides to spend
the summer working as an intern on an English paper. This small-town
paper is published once a week and only has 1 reporter, whom Katharine
works with. The first issue, which I picked up this month, pretty much
just sets the stage and has a bit of good ol' Brit-American bickering over
things such as sports.
My biggest complaint is that Andi seems to be giving into the same
laziness that makes me abbreviate the book's title... I've noticed his art
getting more and more simple. Now, I admit, maybe it isn't laziness, but it
seems to have less and less lines each time. I liked his style in Geisha,
but I'm really not sure if I like how it looks in SND.
Because I'm running out of comics to buy and I like supporting people
whose past work I've enjoyed, I'll likely continue to pick this book up.
After all, I should *probably* take a break from comics that simply
feature people beating each other up in all sorts of amazingly bloody
ways (insert shameless plug for Blade of the Immortal, which I will
probably review soon to make the people who made me read it happy).
In short, if you prefer real-life stories over action, adventure, and sword
fights, SND would be a good choice at your next comic run, otherwise
you may want to reconsider.
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