EXPIRATION DATEby Justin Curfman and Niki Price
($14.95,
TephraMedia)
Reviewed by Mark CamposA dad, his daughter, his wife (locked in the attic), and a box of dehydrated kittens. It's a shaggy-Goth story that wanders from room to room, muttering, until the last cat is hung. For those who like this sort of thing .. Justin's script narrates all the horrors in a dry detached manner, like an early Lou Reed spoken piece. The wordy introduction didn't add anything to the story and could have been jopped off like a withered limb. Still, once past that blockage the tale proceeds at a clip. Sadly, Niki's art is still at beginner stage, and the out-of-proportion bodies and scratchy backgrounds keep the reader wincing.
A good shot, but not all the way to the target yet.
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