Bennett, Jonathan – Esoteric Tales #2

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Esoteric Tales #2

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a hundred times (probably literally, considering how many reviews I’ve done in the past few years): I love a good autobio tale. Sometimes I go for the flashier, more intimate stuff, sometimes I’m happy just with a few tales of average days. This book falls into the latter category. Two stories in this one. The first involves Jonathan riding a subway, including his paranoid thoughts about people pushing him under the train and trying to find somebody to sketch on the ride who’ll stay still and not mace him. Then tragedy strikes when he accidentally drops his pen onto the train tracks. It’s one long story of him talking to himself, basically. The second is his feelings on the dentist. Yes, that’s terror, for anybody who’s never been to the dentist, or maybe has the one magical dentist in the world that doesn’t cause you intense pain and nausea. Simple, basic comics here. The backgrounds usually aren’t particularly intricate, but they don’t need to be to tell this type of story. Looks like he’s setting the world on fire too, if the printings (#1 is in its fifth printing, this is already in its second) are any indication. The first issue is great too. Mostly stories about records and a long one about making the first good electric organ. I’ll get to a longer review one of these days, or not. Looks like he’s just getting started in the comics world, so show him some love! Here’s a website.

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