Dodo Comics No. 2 Fall 2011
by Grant Thomas
$3 from www.grantthomasonline.com
I’m someone who really
doesn’t understand most comic zines. I’ve encountered a few that are
brilliant and delightful, like the Trees and Hills anthologies, but most comics
leave me scratching my head. Oh, right … these reviews aren’t about me.
There goes my incessant narcissistic thing again.
Grant Thomas’ Dodo
Comics No. 2 falls into the ‘delightful’ camp – thankfully he discusses and
shares insights into each piece in the zine. Dodo Comics No. 2 includes
“Homage to Leone” inspired by spaghetti westerns (I could hear the
Morriconne melodies in my mind’s ear as I read). “Drawing From Life” revisits
the horrors of college art classes (all too real!), Visions of Johanna’s Concert (Bob, is that you?) is a comic in the pantoum form which I hadn’t encountered
before, and Why Have You Shut Your Eyes which
speaks volumes in a few brief images and words to anyone who is familiar with
meditation and the demons that we evoke when opening our consciousness.
Grant is also a musician … I highly recommend perusing his
website for issues of Dodo Comics, samples of music, and more. My Life In Records looks intriguing and could
be the title of my autobiography …
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