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TREAD #6
by Greg Vondruska and Robert Young
($3.00 from Greg Vondruska / PO Box 273415 / Tampa, FL / 33688-3715 USA. Web:
gregvondruska.com)
Review by Mark Campos
This installment of Greg's solo title contains strong writing, with art to match, wrapped in a serpentine cover. The first story, written by Robert Young, is a Paul Bowles-esque tale of a snake charmer and the abuses he suffers from snakes and men. "You Waited At The Airport" describes a traveler's sense of dislocation during a visit to New York. "Insomniacs and Cockroaches", the first installment of a serial, is incomplete but oddly satisfying, with Glenn Head-like entymological hallucinations.
Tread is literate and unique. Grab it, just behind the head there so it doesn't bite you.
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