Written by Kieron Gillen and Sam HumphriesArt by Marc Ellerby and Rob G
I didn't pick this up when it came out last week because of the price. I figured I'd trade-wait it or get it at a con some day, but then the manager at my comic store encouraged me to take a second look, and I'm glad he did.
I couldn't care less about punk or the history of punk music, but I do like it when Kieron Gillen makes comics
about music
, and I've liked Rob G's stuff
for
a long
time
(although I think it's a shame they didn't work together on this comic). I also like comics that have a strong sense of time and place, and that is something this new anthology series has in spades.There are two stories in this issue. The first has a punk wanna-be experience a Dickensian moment, and get visited by the three ghosts of punk - two ghosts of punk past (one giving the romantic side of things, the other more actuarial in his focus) and the ghost of punk future. It's a nice primer on the history of the famous New York club, and it's a cute story. The second story is set in the late 70s, and tells us about a punk kid who discovers that his recently deceased uncle once played CBGB.
This is an odd little project, and very much a labour of love, which makes it deserving of some support.
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