Ruffatti, Ryan & Luntao, Elizabeth – Liberty & Justice #1

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Liberty & Justice #1

Yes, that’s a ridiculously over the top title, but it’s for a good reason: the characters are named General Justice and Kid Liberty.  This is a shortie (but full comic size) at 8 pages, all of which are available on the website linked above.  Ryan actually makes a plea at the start of the book to e-mail him if you’d like to see story continue, which is something I don’t think I’d seen before.  Begging for mail to alleviate the boredom or get some affirmation about their work, sure, but nothing to directly ask for a series to continue, especially when he didn’t even bother to put in a cliffhanger.  This story deals with General Justice having a conversation with the owner of a small shop, extorting the guy for protection money (to the stunned horror of the shop owner) and getting caught doing this by his daughter/sidekick Kid Justice.  She demands that he apologize for what he’s done, he agrees to hold a press conference, and you have to know that things aren’t going to end as neatly as all that.  This is over before you know it, but there’s a decent little story in here with a few laughs, and Elizabeth does a great job with the story she’s given.  I think they should keep it going, or at least get to work on a longer story of some kind, but that’s just my vote.  Sadly, I’m too lazy to actually e-mail them this fact, but here’s hoping it gets through the internet channels and they end up hearing at least one vote of confidence.  No price, let’s say $1.