WRITER'S BLOCKby Diana Tamblyn
($3.00 from Diana Tamblyn,
www.speedlines.com)
Reviewed by Mark CamposA short, literate story from Canada. Al's a writer whose first book is wildly successful — so what does he write for a followup? The question sends him into an emotional tailspin, while his niece and nephew try to help by suggesting possible topics to write on: "Snowglobes? Bingo? Ethel Merman?"
Diana illustrates in a dense-lined realist style, and she experiments with framing the characters uniquely in the panels: a long sequence of various people talking on phones never looks static. NB: this story's dated 2003, and so the artist probably has gobs of new work to show — write for more info.
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