Comics Daze

Oh my deer — it’s been a couple of months since I last had a day for comics reading. I guess I’ve just somehow been insanely busy or something? Dude. Gotta find more time for comics. And I’ve got a new camera since the last time… let’s see how the results are. For music today: Albums that I had as a teenager only. Just because. Genesis: And Then There Were Three 14:13: The Mess by Noah van Sciver (Fantagraphics) Well, it’s nice to see Van Sciver finally trying to do something other than his usual thing (and I like his usual thing). Unfortunately, what he’s doing is a bog standard Apple TV series — you’ve seen this thing a bunch of times: A family visits the old, spooky neighbourhood, and there’s spooky stuff that spooks them. So while a total cliché, this thing can work well — but Van Sciver does not have an ear for dialogue, and the story is both too unfocused and too basic at the same time. There’s the obligatory plot twist that you’d have to be a moron not to see coming, and click…

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