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...recently-arrived comix, "Grickle," by Graham Annable and "RPM Comics," by Rachel Masilamani, have several things in common. Both collect short works by each author, both are the artist's debut in the medium, and both are notable...
...Comics," by Rachel Masilamani (24pp. $3.00) has a soft, colored-pencil cover that gives it a hand-made look. Which it is, in a way - she's self-publishing it. Inside the magazine-sized comic are black and white drawings of a skill that could only come from an art major. But while most art majors don't do comics well (the challenges of such a literary art form elude them) Masilamani seems to be a natural storyteller...
...involve a woman's quiet moments alone or with others, revealing complex emotions with subtly and efficiency. Twice I found myself feeling like I had experienced another person's life. Twice! The black and white art, all done with super-fine pen lines, has plenty of nice detail. Masilamani does faces especially well, giving them an expressiveness and range that can't be reached with simplified characters...
...Grickle," and "RPM Comics" are both examples of small press comix that don't get much support at comic shops. But Annable and Masilamani deserve attention and support as strong, independent new talents...
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