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Thread is a very interesting comic book. The style of
story telling as a unique character driven feel to it
and the art is stylized in a way that I have never
seen in a comic book before. This comic is a Xeric
Award winner and really, it's not hard to tell why.
The story follows a girl named Frankie who has a whole
host of issues. Most shown so far in the comic relate
to her family. Something has happened to them and
they're no longer around. Frankie doesn't seem to
remember why, but her subconscious seems to think that
she had something to do with it, or at least could
have had a hand in preventing whatever happened.
One day Frankie is at the Laundromat, when some guy
starts checking her out. She doesn't live in the
nicest part of town so she starts walking faster to
try to avoid him. Eventually she ends up talking to
him, and he slips something into her laundry basket as
they walk. He's apparently being followed by some
undercover cops, and what he's slipped into her basket
is some funky pills.
Outside her apartment building the cop comes up to
talk to the guy and Frankie goes into her building and
discovers the pills in her basket. She decides,
"Screw it. I'll just sell them to someone. It'll pay
the rent." But the guy isn't gone. He wants the
pills back. He claims they're no good for anyone and
he wouldn't give them to his worse enemy. In
defiance, Frankie pops one. About the same time she
does there's a loud pounding on her door. And she's
faced with the option of leaving with the guy or
seeing who's pounding violently on her door.
Overall it's an interesting world with compelling
characters, and I'm not quite sure where it's going,
which is typically something I look for in a comic
book. There's also something going on beneath the
surface in it-- something deep and ominous. It's a
good read, if you like different comics I'd recommend
picking it up. There's a small sample of it on their
website
http://www.threadcomics.com. Go over there and
check it out!
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