SOUNDTRACK: hiatus
[READ: January 2022] Rivers
I’m quite the fan of Top Shelf Comics. Their stories are usually off the beaten path and have a satisfying indie feel. I hadn’t heard of either of these two writers before though
This book is full of different stories that don’t seem connected. I really applaud the creators for making the story this way because there were times when I wondered if this was meant to be little short pieces instead of a full narrative. It was a bold decision and it pays off handsomely.
The book opens on yellowish pages (each storyline has a color scheme). Two boys are reading a comic book in 1992. The next page shows the book they are reading–a sci-fi story about evil creatures named Ghoulors and the man and do who hunt them.
The boys are very funny and appear throughout the story with deep conversations like “I think if your life is not great you should just take drugs all the time.” “Me too.” And “What do you think you’ll be doing when you’re 25?” “I’ll be in a band on guitar and occasional synths. The lead singer will leave and I’ll make the band into an instrumental outfit and we’ll do soundtracks to foreign films with subtitles.” “Cool.”
Then we cut to a blueish story about a girl and her dad. The girl’s parents have split up and she and her dad spend their weekends at the dump throwing rocks at TVs. She enjoys it (and becomes quite accurate), but enough is enough. (more…)
