BLACK STARby Jeff Zwirek
($2.00,
www.jeffscomics.com)
Reviewed by Mark CamposBlack 120# card cover, with a star diecut window, in center of which a silver badge with a black star on it. Stylish! What about the insides? Well, there's a story about minicomics creators, which is highly critical of the "fanboys" .. then a story where Jamie Farr forms a superhero team of rock stars, and "Jesus-5", in which five versions of the Son Of God form .. a superhero team-up.
It would be mean, at this point in the review, to bring up the character in Evan Dorkin's Northwest Comics Collective story, who complains bitterly that superheros are stunting the potential of comics, but who draws nothing but superhero parodies .. so I won't do that, and instead I'll point out that Jeff's art is showing some great promise, though shaky at the beginning; and that "Saddle Shoes", which has nothing at all to do with comics, points down an interesting avenue of inquiry for the guy's work. Plus, there's a short interview with Jeffrey Brown in the back. And you get a spiffy badge!
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