Reading RASL by Jeff Smith is the antidote to comic book malaise. Though his main character looks disconcertingly short-limbed sometimes, the story is solid and the art is moves everything along. Dimension-jumping has unexpectedly become a theme in my reading the past few months. It's a concept that I'm finding more interesting than time travel or space these days.
RASL and the excellent Poison the Cure (part 3 needs to come out now) are the only two scifi comics that I have ever enjoyed.
Strange Horizons is having another fund drive. They offer so much goodness for free, they pay their writers, and they obviously need a makeover, though I don't think any of this money is going to cosmetics. Donate now! If you do, let me know!
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The short story (in general) is my fave read of all time. It's got a good energy. The only thing I loved taking with me from the German classes!
Glad you enjoyed RASL... I still have to find a jump on point with it... funfact: I just started to read Bone in single issues!
Shit, I wish I could donate to Strange Horizons!
I wish I could donate too. Right now is a bad time though.
If you haven't enjoyed much in the way of scifi comics before, I highly recommend backissues of Six From Sirius and Six From Sirius 2.
My retrospective comments about the series on my blog.
I also have an interview with the creators on my blog.
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