Telgemeier, Raina – Take-Out #6

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Take-Out #6 Now Available! $1

Here’s another one of those people who’s really growing on me. It’s just so rare to see honest, fun little stories about being a kid. It’s not even the individual stories that stick in my brain so much as the random little moments. Raina (these are all her as a child, or at least a child named Raina, which would be quite a coincidence) thinking about what it would be like if the subway was under water, or her reaction on seeing her father without his beard for the first time, or static electricity, or even her feelings about a classmate she doesn’t like getting sick. It’s cute as hell, but just calling it cute and leaving it as that doesn’t give these stories enough credit. Pretty much everything in here feels real and, more importantly, has an innocence about it that makes it work. Contact info is above, send her a couple of bucks and check out an issue or two. It’s something that I’m liking more and more with each issue…