A WESTERN WORLD & BRAT - MICHEAL DEFORGE

Great news. It turns out I have the same taste in comics as whomever orders to comics for the Seattle public library. That motherfucker stocked up on Micheal DeForge and your boy out here just reaping the benefits. I’ve gotta be coming up to having read all of ‘em. Anyway, these two are also both great. I would say generally they’re a little more focused, or the narratives are easier for me to follow than in pervious works. It’s still weird and dreamy and will pivot all sorts of crazy places at a moments notice, I wouldn’t have it another way, but I feel like I could describe to plots of these to someone. BRAT is one longer narrative throughout, not unlike STICKS ANGELICA. A WESTERN WORLD, however, is a collection of shorter stories and is the stronger of the two. In fact, a story in it, called MOSTLY SATURN, is the best thing DeForge has ever written. It’s also got a totally text story, tiny vampiric swamp mermaids, lots of dick sucking, really something for everyone. The stories will change layouts and palate and subject yet maintain a consistent style and feel. DeForge is really at the hight of his power, this shit slaps. 2 colorful comics