Today on the site, Bob Levin reviews Purgatory (“A Rejects Story”)
From the art, the uniform of Frankenstein’s father reveals him as a policeman. The depiction of Frankenstein’s mother reveals her to be white. Through the art, Frankenstein’s subjective sense of the world is expressed. In the locker room, one of the (modestly) prose-described “overly-aggressive… athletes” becomes a KKK-hooded nightmare. The class-room “beasts” are all snouts and gaping, sharply fanged mouths.
Then there is Frankenstein’s portrayal of eyes. Especially his. Haunted. Dreamy. Startled, Scared. Windows to the soul, I’ve heard. Sometimes his eyes are simply lovely, the promise in them immense. Then, at the end, the author’s photo shows them opaque, sealed behind Steampunk shades, above – is it? – a Mona Lisa smile.
Elsewhere....
Longtime Mad writer Stan Hart has passed away.
RM Rhodes features Druillet over at Comics Workbook.
Good looking new comic from Seth online.
PW looks at the most recent SDCC.
I enjoyed reading this lengthy piece about the author's friendship with Flo Steinberg.
