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Gill, Tatiana – Midnight at the Oasis
Midnight at the Oasis
I’m leaving the review above this one as I wrote it, even though I regret the tone of it, to show you guys a few things. One of them is that I’m not a nice guy all the time with these books, and the other thing is that I can be an unfair prick at times. It doesn’t matter how much I dislike a book, I always try to throw in some kind of positive remark (I know how hard it is to put out comics and risk people commenting on them), and I didn’t. No, I didn’t like the book at all, but there are more diplomatic ways to say that then what I did. That being said, I was glad to get another comic in the mail from Tatiana. An informed opinion is always much better than assuming the worst after one early comic. As for this book, well. I liked it a lot. This book has two stories in it, one about a vacation Tatiana took with her family to Tijunana (complete with pictures, the reason for which is obvious once you read it) and the other one is the story of the music she’s listened to throughout her life. A couple of thoroughly entertaining stories, well worth a look. I’m guessing it’s $2 or so, check out her website to see what else she has available.
Gill, Tatiana & McKenney, Craig – Spyfi #2
Spyfi #2
Sometimes you really can tell a book by its cover. I saw this in Chicago Comics months ago and put off reading it until now. I guess it was my subconscious trying to save those 3 minutes of my life. Hell, you can all read the blurb at the bottom of the cover. Imagine it getting worse from there, and you have this comic. I kept waiting for the punchline, but it looks like this is for real. Want to read the dumbest dialogue ever? OK, probably not ever, but it hurt my eyes to read it. Obviously corrected lettering, misspellings… The art was the best part of this and it was just OK. Sorry, but this didn’t do a thing for me. It mentions in here a project that Tatiana has with David Lasky, so I’m guessing that she’s capable of better, but yeesh. E-mail Tatiana or Craig if you’re feeling masochistic…
Hurd, Damon & Gill, Tatiana – A Strange Day
A Strange Day (with Tatiana Gill)
Well, my scanner died right after I scanned the cover, so sorry about the lack of samples. Who out there was a Cure fan back in the day? If so, you’re going to get an awful lot out of this book. If not, well, you’re probably still going to get a lot out of this book, at least if you were ever a teenager you will. I’m not sure if I was ever that young, but there seems to be photographic evidence of some kind, so maybe it is true. The quote at the start of this shows the mood you need to be in to read it: “Open this book as the sixteen year old that fell in love at first sight and took themselves all too seriously”. This is the story of a young boy and a young girl who both, without having ever met each other before, skip school to get the new Cure album when it comes out and end up spending the day together. I have no idea how Damon pulled off dialogue this realistic, as I assume he isn’t 16 any more and this seems as natural as can be. Not that it’s impossible, but it seems like when some people try to write as teenagers would talk that it comes off, well, a bit silly. No problem with that here. Tatiana also does an incredible job showing the complete range of emotions that most teenagers go through in a couple of hours. Good stuff all around, it’s only $3.95 too so it’s well worth checking out.
