Stevko, Ted – Soapbox #1

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Soapbox #1

This is a collection of 4 panels strips. If you’ve ever read this site before, you know I mostly hate those things. That being said, I’m not an objective observer of strips. I can’t stand the sheer amount of crap that’s in the newspapers, and I can’t stand the stuff that tries as hard as it can to imitate that stuff. A lot of this book copied that formula. As such, it didn’t do much for me, although I could see that it was pretty good for what it was. A man moved away from home for the first time with a couple of friends. Hijinx ensue, including a talking bear, a broken down car, a hip grandma, and his first real job. The bit with the job was when it started getting interesting, as the main character (Herb) started questioning his life, what he was doing, what people in general needed to do, those sorts of things. All of a sudden it was a much better strip, but then it was over. If it picks up where it left off, I’d recommend this book. Here’s hoping that’s the case, because then we can chalk this up to a “learning experience” and go from there. It’s $3 and samples are up here, if you’d rather judge for yourself (and that’s always a good policy).