CHRIS WRIGTH
Legba
From what I can tell, a lot of the best work being done in comics these days is coming from Georgia. What up with that? Is it something in the water? An active support group for creators? Coincidence? Whatever the case, its become almost like a Top Shelf guarantee of quality. This book, for example, is tremendous. It says there are three short stories but, with the intermissions and all, reads much less coherently than that, and thats a good thing. The first story, Rum Rug, is about an, um, man (I dont know what these creatures are, but lets just call them men now for lack of a better term) who is absolutely wallowing in despair. At his lowest, he is hit by a man who is looking to get with the main characters ex-fiancee. I sampled the first intermission because its one of the funniest things Ive seen, so I wont waste time talking about it. The second story
ah, why try to describe it when I can give a quote: LOOK! My heart has been fisted too! Then theres another intermission, followed by Merciful Gift, which is mostly about art and the failure of people to interpret it correctly. Or thats what I got out of it, along with many, many other things, as I did with everything here. Look, the guy is a poet. I got something out of some random, unconnected sentences when I went through this again because this book was obviously done over time with a lot of love. I think this is one of the oddest, funniest, most unique books that Ive read from SPX so far. Its $3 and something that people should read, so send the man an e-mail and see what else he has around too, OK?
