by James StokoeI love this book. Hardly anything happens, as the entire issue consists of One-Eye escaping from Pointy Face, who has called for a Poxagronka on him. Basically, that's a blood feud sort of thing, calling for an eye for an eye and a gronch for a gronch, which is somewhat justified, as One Eye did lope his gronch off last issue (a gronch is exactly what you think it is).
The beauty and madness of Stokoe's book lies in the way in which he structures his chase scenes. One Eye's escape, carried out while lying naked in a bathtub is brilliant, and much of this issue calls to mind the old Warner Brothers chase cartoons, but in a twisted, more violent sort of way.
What I love most about this book is the use of colour, and the way in which Stokoe is laying out the pictures on the page. This is one of the more inventive books on the stands right now, and deserves a lot more attention than its been getting.
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