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QUAGGA #5
by Alixopulos
($2.00 from Trevor Alixopulos / PO Box 524 / Fulton, CA / 95439 USA. Web:
www.alixopulos.com)
Reviewed by Heath RowGiven the production values of this self-published digest – cardstock, screenprinting, and a decal (and that's just the cover) – I expected more from Trevor Alixopulos, a creator in
Legal Action Comics and
Modern Fascist Quarterly. Published in the fall of 2004, the comic features cut-and-paste, slightly awkward panel placements that would've been better suited to a square-format book. The story, "Pinhole Cinema," is a slightly disappointing Jessica Abel-meets-Ben Snakepit search for what lay "at the end of the night" in the best John Clellon Holmes sense. While Alixopulos's art features some nice Ariel Schrag, John Kerschbaum, and Jeffrey Brown moments, over all, I think Alixopulos can do better – and will. One to watch.
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