by Salgood Sam (with John O'Brien and A. J. Duric)Salgood Sam is one of those comics creators that I feel we should see a lot more from. He first caught my eye on the excellent Sea of Red vampire series, and his graphic novel with Jim Munro, Therefore, Repent! is a favourite of mine.
Revolver is an anthology of shorter comics by Sam, which are very introspective and powerful. At the heart of the book is "The Rise and Fall of it All pt. 1", a story about a man who was downsized during the recent economic turmoil, and unable to pull things back together in his life. This is a very poetic story, matched beautifully with Sam's expansive page layouts.
'Pin City' is an interesting bit about a very special city in the sky, and the way in which a man has to go about making a life for himself within it.
Some of the other stories are comics based on dreams, or the usual sort of short ephemera of sketchbooks. Sam is a very interesting artist, and one worth keeping an eye on.
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