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Cold Heat #5 & 6 Bumper Edition
Cold Heat #5 & 6 Bumper Edition
By Ben Jones and Frank Santoro
Published by PictureBox Inc.. $20.00
Not having read any of the others, I ordered this kinda pricey comic based on recommendations of friends and peers. Also, I don't remember the last time I had a color comic in a limited edition of 100, so that's sorta cool. What's this one about? You got me. There's government conspiracy and revenge and music and destiny and feces and some sort of Ditkoesque owl thing. I don't know what's going on or what happened before, but I can honestly say it doesn't really matter. Like CF's Powr Mastrs, it's work that flirts with sci-fi/adventure/superhero tropes and is delivered by cerebral artists in a way that suggests they've found a way to bypass the cerebral in favor of an instinctive rush of wild imagery and a fair amount of low comedy. The figure work is amateurish, but in an appealing, enthusiastic way. Once it's combined with the inspired combinations of pink, violet and blue tones, the effect is about as closes as comics get to narcotic. Sure, $20 is on the surface sort of expensive for a 48 page comic, but it turns out to be worth multiple readings. Not because there are deeper layers here--I'm not sure there are--but because one can read it, thoroughly enjoy it, forget it, and then repeat the experience a week or two later. It's a highwire act, to be sure. I wouldn't recommend others following their lead because nine times out of ten, the result will be garbage. But Jones and Santoro clearly have a handle on this thing.
By Ben Jones and Frank Santoro
Published by PictureBox Inc.. $20.00
Not having read any of the others, I ordered this kinda pricey comic based on recommendations of friends and peers. Also, I don't remember the last time I had a color comic in a limited edition of 100, so that's sorta cool. What's this one about? You got me. There's government conspiracy and revenge and music and destiny and feces and some sort of Ditkoesque owl thing. I don't know what's going on or what happened before, but I can honestly say it doesn't really matter. Like CF's Powr Mastrs, it's work that flirts with sci-fi/adventure/superhero tropes and is delivered by cerebral artists in a way that suggests they've found a way to bypass the cerebral in favor of an instinctive rush of wild imagery and a fair amount of low comedy. The figure work is amateurish, but in an appealing, enthusiastic way. Once it's combined with the inspired combinations of pink, violet and blue tones, the effect is about as closes as comics get to narcotic. Sure, $20 is on the surface sort of expensive for a 48 page comic, but it turns out to be worth multiple readings. Not because there are deeper layers here--I'm not sure there are--but because one can read it, thoroughly enjoy it, forget it, and then repeat the experience a week or two later. It's a highwire act, to be sure. I wouldn't recommend others following their lead because nine times out of ten, the result will be garbage. But Jones and Santoro clearly have a handle on this thing.
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