Dark Horse, $3.95
Short Review: It's all going to pieces.
The first few words in this issue are "It's the end". After 4 issues, the five creators in question are throwing their respective towels in, due to an inability to meet deadlines ( the editor is thanked for 'pulling the last two issues out of them') and the creators drifting apart, both geographically and emotionally. A lot of the strips show this, particularly the ones with guest writers/artists.
A page of doodlings, some interesting, none entertaining.
A 5-page clearing out sale of jokes, starting with the funny, but heading for the unfunny with startling speed, interrupted by a very pressured Evan.
See Ready Set Go
Fun fun fun.
More of the same. He's really tense, folks
A collection of very old jokes.
Pointless superhero/ supervillian nonsense, with the two kids from previous strips
Summary of what they're all doing, and in which corners of the States.
4 pages of great art, incredibly fine dialogue, great characterisation. All this, and cynicism. It's good to see that at least one thing will survive this series.
Yep. looks like a dream.
A page of old-style whimsy
These 7 pages are well plotted, with believable dialogue, and nice art. The second most likely to survive.
2 page tense look at people who can;t get things done. Why'd they have to hire outside the 5 of them?
More wonderful paranoid ramblings about men vs women. 1 page of text.
One-joke strip about being an Italian American
2 pages of unfunny whimsy.
See above.
7 pages. Tale of a poker game, well characterised.
1 page of incredibly bad whimsy.
Insanity face-off between the five creators. Fun.
See above, without the joke.
Various Ideas, only slightly amusing
Spoof of old horror tales, with exaggerated situations and reactions. Lots of fun, and great punchline.
Sign off, not entirely without bitterness.