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Ryan, Sara & Lieber, Steve – Flytrap #1
Flytrap #1
This is the last of the “lost” comics from the last con I went to six months ago, and by “lost”, I mean “stuffed under a pile of comics in my apartment”. So what you have here is an already accomplished artist working with a published author which, frankly, is a bit rare for the small press comics world. This is the story of probably the worst day in the life of a young woman named Maddy. She’s juggling a boyfriend (who she’s also promoting) a job (doing said promoting) and regular life things, so natually everything is bound to come crashing down around here. The interesting thing here though isn’t so much the crashing but the reaction to everything going wrong. Oh, and there’s a circus act involved somehow, which is sure to get more interesting in future issues. Speaking of which, I know mini comics come out at a snail’s pace anyway (mostly), but here’s hoping there two can juggle their regular careers with this series, because it has potential from this first glimpse to be something special. $2
Ryan, Sara & Lieber, Steve – Me and Edith Head
Another random comic sent to me and it’s a good one. A smart little tale about making choices and dealing with things not necessarily turning out the way that you had planned. Apparently Steve Lieber is famous in the comic world, as his bio says that he’s drawn for every major publisher and draws one of the monthly Batman books. That’s not to say that his work has to be good because of it, but this book looks great. Sara has a novel out about teen sexuality as well, so I can’t imagine why these two didn’t try to get this published by one of the major companies. Maybe they did and they didn’t want it, or maybe they just wanted to go the small press route, but it’s just good that the work is out there. It’s just a couple of bucks and well worth checking out. The story (I should probably mention something about that, huh?) involves a young woman whose parents have just split up and her attempts to get a certain part in A Midsummer Nights Dream. She’s offered something else, and you can read the rest for yourself. Check out the website, why don’t you?
