Costello, Sam – Tent City Tales #1

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Tent City Tales #1

I love it when I get comics in the mail and have no idea what to expect. When I saw the cover I thought maybe it was a mystery or an adventure type thing (it was probably the gun), but what I got was a quiet, thoughtful couple of stories of people just trying to get by. The first one is about a man (homeless?) who gambles the last of his money away and wanders around the town. Sounds dull, I know, but I have a fascination for the quiet moments what most people either gloss over of ignore completely. Something about focusing on him jiggling the handle and trying to get a magazine for free that resonates for me. The second one was about a couple and them trying to make a living while the man won't allow his wife to work. That's where the gun comes into play, but I'm not going to tell you where. Another quiet story. The writing is solid if somewhat basic (it's not like the stories were overly complicated so that's not a knock on the guy) and the art was perfectly suited to stories. Eyes can tell a whole lot about what's going on and Shawn seems to understand that. Go to the website and look around, this one is $2.