Considering that I used to be a reviewer, it's REALLY weird having to read other people's reviews on my work.
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Fortunately, this online review really made my day:
Review by: Blake M. Petit Blake@comixtreme.com
Quick Rating: Good
Title: Clanbook: Mopey
Gilly is planning to go to graduate school in London, and Walden has to face the fact that his little sister is moving away.
Writer: John Kovalic
Pencils: John Kovalic
Letters: John Kovalic
Dr. Blink Artist: Christopher Golden
Snapdragons Artist: Liz Rathke
Lethargic Lad Writer/Artist: Greg Hyland
Cover Art: John Kovalic
Publisher: Dork Storm
Review: John Kovalic certainly takes him time moving between actual plot points in his Dork Tower series, but fortunately the issues where little seems to happen in a narrative sense are almost always, like this one, a wonderfully funny character study. Last issue we found out that Gilly the Perky Goth, the girl that would be perfect for our hero, Matt (if only he didnt keep screwing things up by going to his poisonous ex-girlfriend Kayleigh) is moving to London for graduate school. This issue focuses on her relationship with her older brother Walden, alias Sith Bloodheart, Dark Lord of the Night Court, Viscount of Clan Nosferatu-tu and Grand Count of the Damned. Yep its a goofy Goth issue.
Walden is actually one of the most complex characters in this series. Hes dark, moody, depressing everything that makes your stereotypical Goth but hes got an undeniable soft spot for his baby sister, who he loves even though she insists on buying pink bunny slippers and being so insufferably cheerful all the time. He wants her around, he wants her to be happy, and this issue is about him trying and pretty much failing to come to grips with her imminent departure. Meanwhile, Matt continues to wallow in misery as his friends try, and fail, to pull him out of it.
Kovalics stories may be about gamers or Goths or Dorks, but the character archetypes and the situations they get into are much more universal. He manages to tell incredibly funny, universal stories with these characters, and the only problem you have is that youre left anxious to find out what happens next.
As every issue of Dork Tower, this one is chock full of bonus features. We get a few bonus Dork Tower strips including a wonderful segment on Practical Jokes You Can Play on Your Gamer Friends and full, playable clanbook for Waldens Goth clan. We also get a new episode of Kovalic and Goldens Dr. Blink: Superhero Shrink, in which the good doctor learns that curing a supervillain may not always be a good idea. Greg Hyland provides a new Lethargic Lad story as well I have to admit Im not the biggest fan of this strip. Its a superhero satire, but it seems to be less about pointing out the goofy conventions of the genre than it is about saying superheroes and superhero comics are just stupid, without the love for the genre that makes such a satire successful for me. Finally, theres a Snapdragons strip by Kovalic and Rathke about the gaming kids in the town of Dork Tower. Its always a nice, kiddie-friendly strip, and this issue is no exception.
Dork Tower is always a solid read, and considering the bonuses Kovalic crams into every issue, its one of the best values on the comic market for just three bucks. Give this title a shot its about as universal as it gets.
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Fortunately, this online review really made my day:
Review by: Blake M. Petit Blake@comixtreme.com
Quick Rating: Good
Title: Clanbook: Mopey
Gilly is planning to go to graduate school in London, and Walden has to face the fact that his little sister is moving away.
Writer: John Kovalic
Pencils: John Kovalic
Letters: John Kovalic
Dr. Blink Artist: Christopher Golden
Snapdragons Artist: Liz Rathke
Lethargic Lad Writer/Artist: Greg Hyland
Cover Art: John Kovalic
Publisher: Dork Storm
Review: John Kovalic certainly takes him time moving between actual plot points in his Dork Tower series, but fortunately the issues where little seems to happen in a narrative sense are almost always, like this one, a wonderfully funny character study. Last issue we found out that Gilly the Perky Goth, the girl that would be perfect for our hero, Matt (if only he didnt keep screwing things up by going to his poisonous ex-girlfriend Kayleigh) is moving to London for graduate school. This issue focuses on her relationship with her older brother Walden, alias Sith Bloodheart, Dark Lord of the Night Court, Viscount of Clan Nosferatu-tu and Grand Count of the Damned. Yep its a goofy Goth issue.
Walden is actually one of the most complex characters in this series. Hes dark, moody, depressing everything that makes your stereotypical Goth but hes got an undeniable soft spot for his baby sister, who he loves even though she insists on buying pink bunny slippers and being so insufferably cheerful all the time. He wants her around, he wants her to be happy, and this issue is about him trying and pretty much failing to come to grips with her imminent departure. Meanwhile, Matt continues to wallow in misery as his friends try, and fail, to pull him out of it.
Kovalics stories may be about gamers or Goths or Dorks, but the character archetypes and the situations they get into are much more universal. He manages to tell incredibly funny, universal stories with these characters, and the only problem you have is that youre left anxious to find out what happens next.
As every issue of Dork Tower, this one is chock full of bonus features. We get a few bonus Dork Tower strips including a wonderful segment on Practical Jokes You Can Play on Your Gamer Friends and full, playable clanbook for Waldens Goth clan. We also get a new episode of Kovalic and Goldens Dr. Blink: Superhero Shrink, in which the good doctor learns that curing a supervillain may not always be a good idea. Greg Hyland provides a new Lethargic Lad story as well I have to admit Im not the biggest fan of this strip. Its a superhero satire, but it seems to be less about pointing out the goofy conventions of the genre than it is about saying superheroes and superhero comics are just stupid, without the love for the genre that makes such a satire successful for me. Finally, theres a Snapdragons strip by Kovalic and Rathke about the gaming kids in the town of Dork Tower. Its always a nice, kiddie-friendly strip, and this issue is no exception.
Dork Tower is always a solid read, and considering the bonuses Kovalic crams into every issue, its one of the best values on the comic market for just three bucks. Give this title a shot its about as universal as it gets.
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