now in stock!
Crickets #1
by Sammy Harkham
Kramers Ergot
editor (and, for the most part, publisher), Sammy Harkham has decided,
"Enough
already with spending all my time getting other artists' work
together. I just want to sit down and draw!" Crickets is
his new ongoing series and we now have the first issue on hand so
you can check out what he's been up to. This
first issue is a
nicely produced, slightly oversized, saddle-stitched, 32-page
duo-tone (black and green) comic
book that is entirely taken up by a single story titled, "Black
Death," a mordant tale that
falls pretty much
half way between Jordan Crane and Anders Nilsen in its feel, but is
totally unique, seems to be a novel take on the legend of the
golem, and
is,
evidently, the first installment of an epic saga which will, in
subsequent issues, become the ongoing back-up feature, and that the
lead features in these upcoming issues will be stand alone
stories. Sammy Harkham has the singular ability to create
characters that personify the inhumanity of fate. The premiere
issue of Crickets shows Harkham demonstrating this ability to
full effect.
retail price - $3.95
copacetic price - $3.55
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current as of 9 March 2006