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Davis, Christopher – Fish Out Of Water
Fish Out Of Water Now Available! $1.50
Ah, the silent mini comic. This is where I usually ramble a bit, as there’s never a whole lot to say about something that’s this short and this silent (although this particular issue does have a poem following the story). And this time? No exception. This is the story of the last moments of life for a fish, as it’s apparently caught, gutted and thrown back into the water. I did enjoy the poem at the end, which is a rarity for me, and perhaps the whole thing would have been better if Christopher had done stanza by stanza panels instead of leaving it silent and placing the poem at the end, almost as an afterthought. But, and especially when it comes to poetry, what do I know anyway? $1.50
Davis, Christopher – True-Size Eyes
True-Size Eyes Now Available! $2
Rarely have I been more torn in writing a review. Poetry in comics generally doesn’t do a thing for me; sorry, that’s just the way it is. However, mayhem on a massive scale is always a blast. So what’s to be done when a giant female child is terrorizing a town… in verse? My head, it does explode. I’ll stick with the easy stuff first, as Chris’s art has really grown on me over the last couple of years, and he does a great job depicting said mayhem as well as showing off some giant eyeballs. The poetry is amusing enough, it’s just, like I said, not my thing. So I suppose it all comes down to my usual wishy-washiness. It’s worth a look if you already know and like Chris’s stuff (and/or poetry), but if you’re not familiar with the guy and want to check him out there are many better places to start, like for example any one of the comics listed above this one, except maybe Crawling, as that falls into the same “poetry” category. Clear enough for you?
Davis, Christopher – Dark Matter Mission For A Cooped-Up Cosmonaut
Dark Matter Mission For A Cooped-Up Cosmonaut Now Available! $3
How long would it take you to go crazy if you were cooped up on an asteroid with only another cosmonaut for company? This tells the tale of an undetermined time in the future when a couple of cosmonauts are sent to observe dark matter… except for the slight fact that dark matter isn’t all that interesting to observe, and they appear to be trapped with no hope of ever getting home. Tempers flare, and we are treated to that greatest of rarities in the comics world: a zero gravity fight. Well, mostly one of them beating up on the other one while he tries to get to safety, but still an impressive display. I love the fact that Christopher isn’t afraid to wander all over the place when it comes to his comics. A lot of people stick to a topic or two that they know really well, Christopher isn’t afraid to tackle much of anything, and that has to work to his future advantage as an artist. Godd stuff, more than worth it for the slow motion attack. $3
Davis, Christopher – The Snowman, The Bananaman, The Parking Robot and Me
The Snowman, The Bananaman, The Parking Robot and Me Now Available! $4
When there are two title options it’s OK to just pick one and avoid typing out both options, right? Good, glad that’s settled. In a constantly growing pile of minis that are wonderful, this one might just be the best of the bunch. It’s about the four characters mentioned above, with them all slowly starting their day, doing their own menial tasks (Snowman drives an ice cream truck, Parking Robot is a waiter, Bananaman is one of many fancy pants bananas who seem to run the town, and “Me” is an angry cyclist). Things build up slowly, or at least as slowly as they can in a mini comic, with everything coming together at a rally for the Strawberry Resistance. While I’d love to go on about how everything connects after the fact, there’s too much in here to be discovered for me to ruin it all by rambling. Like everything else on this page, check it out, you won’t be disappointed. No price, let’s say… $2?
Davis, Christopher – Crawling
Crawling Now Available! $2
You know why I have such a hard time reviewing comics that are mostly illustrated poems? Because I don’t know what I’m talking about, and my ideas for the meanings behind the poetry are pretty much complete nonsense. How that differentiates from my regular reviews is something I’ll leave to you to figure out, but I wanted to throw that out there before I proceeded to ramble about this one. It’s a poem for a woman named Heidi (wife, girlfriend, former lover, grocery clerk, we don’t know) asking her to take a chance with him, but as it goes on it becomes clear that he’s not so sure he’s not the one getting in over his head. Or so it appeared to me, and as for that, please see above. It has great art and some nice imagery, particularly his desire to explore everything about her in a spiritual way, you perverts. The e-mail address is up there, it’s worth a look if you’re more into the poetry than I am, or quite possibly even if you’re not. $2
Davis, Christopher – “No buses. Chickens.”
“No buses. Chickens.” Now Available! $2
Yep, that’s the title, as written, just in case you thought I was meandering when I typed that. This is a short mini, but wonderfully done. There were no buses, you see, but there were chickens. Mean, fast, man-eating chickens. In this brief story a woman is picked clean at a bus stop, and the man standing around waiting for the bus decides to go through her purse to find out more about her… until the chickens start to take an interest in what he’s doing too. Great stuff, recommended for anybody who doesn’t already have a phobia about chickens, because if you do this might just send you into a padded room. $2
Davis, Christopher – I Walk With My Wife in the Evening
I Walk With My Wife In The Evening Now Available! $4
What a gorgeous, gorgeous book. Oops, I gave away my opinion right off the bat. This is the story of a walk between a man and his wife, with them just walking and talking, with the man (I’m guessing it’s Christopher) meandering off mentally into a daydream after seenig a lone, odd cloud. He drifts back to an old news show he saw where they were talking about what would happen if somebody released a dangerous chemical into the air. How would the people react, would it just be calm acceptance or panic, etc. He also goes into detail about a book he read in high school detailing the remaining survivors of the world after half of it is destroyed in a nuclear holocaust and how they calmly wait for the cloud to come and kill them all. Is that On The Beach maybe? Sure seems familiar to me. Anyway, the story is engrossing, but it’s the art that takes this to another level. The attention to the tiniest details in every page is impressive, and yet it somehow comes across with the same feeling as his casual walk through a neighborhood. Not sure if that makes any sense at all, but trust me on this one. Just an all around great mini; it’s comics like this that make me want to keep doing this website forever. $4
