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Marquet, Thomas C. – We Have Big Plans Part Two (Bland Like Water #3)
We Have Big Plans Part Two (Bland Like Water #3)
Hey, what happened to the pictures on the page? Oh well, I’ll fix it some other time. Seriously! This is the dramatic conclusion of the saleman trying to sell safe sand. Well, sort of, anyway. If you’ve ever wanted to see a long sales pitch in action, this is the comic for you! That’s selling the book a bit short, but that is what goes on for most of the comic. His panel composition is still tremendous, and he manages to make what (in theory, anyway) should be a pretty dull story thoroughly entertaining, so it’s obvious that there’s some serious talent at work here. It’s $2, contact info is up there and if somebody comes to this page in a few months and the pictures aren’t fixed, feel free to berate me for it…
Marquet, Thomas C. – Bland Like Water
Bland Like Water
Ah, where to start. This book looks great. I love the sparse style of drawing that this guy has, and I’ve already said that I’m a big fan of the solid blacks. The story is broken up into a lot of little stories, I guess, but none of them have a title so I can’t really break them up and talk easily about them for you. It doesn’t matter, everything comes back to the beginning in the end and makes sense. It has kind of an early Chris Ware feel to it in his placement of panels and just the way that parts of the book move. A theme of constant searching pervades the book, as well as a strange canonization of conformity at times, but I might be making that up. Regardless, there’s a lot more going on here than what you see on the surface, and it bears repeated readings. This from the man who just bought this, but I think it’s true. This guy has a chance to be great if he keeps putting out minis (or books of any kind) like this, so why don’t you send him a few dollars and support him?
