My name is MICHAEL F. HOUSEL, author of THE HYDE SEED, THE PERSONA #1 & #2; and MARK JUSTICE'S THE DEAD SHERIFF #4: PURITY. My short fiction is featured in RAVENWOOD, STEPSON OF MYSTERY #4 & #5; THE PURPLE SCAR #4; and THE PHANTOM DETECTIVE #2. My additional works can be found in Eighth Tower's DARK FICTION series and Main Enterprises' WHATEVER!; PULP FAN; MAKE MINE MONSTERS; SCI-FI SHALL NOT DIE; THE SCREENING ROOM; *PPFSZT!; and TALES FROM GREEK MYTHOLOGY.
Sunday, February 10, 2019
FUN ADVENTURE COMICS! #14: A MIRACULOUS, CREEPY AND SENTIMENTAL HIGH!!!
Thanks to Warren Montgomery's Will Lill (Publishing), readers are treated to another trio of terrific tales in Fun Adventure Comics! #14.
Writer Lloyd Smith (creator of Ash-Aman) and artist Joe Koziarski present a miraculous appearance by super-scientific Max Miracle, a superhero of far-out, inter-dimensional design in "Liv Elaine at the Center of the Universe".
In this instance, we find grad student, Liv prepared to teleport into that titular "center", but things are never as they seem. When the set-up goes awry (and boy, does it ever!), the metamorphic Miracle is prepared to remedy the matter in an adventure that's as thrilling as it's bizarre. Fans of old-time science fiction will be pleased and elated by the imaginative ingredients that Smith and Koziarski stir...
Then writer Ron Fortier and artist Rob Davis give us "Tales from the Mother Road", featuring kismet-kissed characters, Little Doc and Wishbone Charlie Beaumont. The duo's sojourn sports a sweet twist which demonstrates that good deeds always pay off.
I gotta say, the story made me misty-eyed, but then the best life-lesson tales will do that to any of us. Fortier and Davis sure did hit the sentimental jackpot with this one...
In the third story, Jonathan A. Gilbert and artist Lee Melton present statuesque, bounty hunter, Karen Le'Court in a cool, little riddle entitled "A Chitown Story", where our intrepid, Gadsper Corp mercenary encounters a gang of cruel cosplayers in doleful Detroit.
Le'Court has only her physical prowess to ward off the maddening eccentrics, in a reckless rumpus that culminates in a chilling cliffhanger. Can't wait for the next Fun Adventure Comics! to see how Gilbert and Melton resolve our heroine's stupefying predicament...
Issue #14's entries create the sort of flavorful consortium that one won't find in most comics these days, but that's what makes Warren Montgomery's Will Lill publications so darn special. Fun Adventure Comics! will please those who desire something new with a dash of the traditional: a great, ongoing anthology of diverse wonderment from the best writers/artists around.
Order your copy of Fun Adventure Comics! #14 at ... https://willlillcomics.bigcartel.com/product/fun-adventure-comics-14.
Thanks for another fine review, Michael!
ReplyDeleteYou're most welcome, Lloyd. Max Miracle is a mighty fine character!
DeleteHere's an interesting fact I just learned from Ron Fortier: The idea behind "Tales from the Mother Road" is based on truth. That's right--it really happened!
ReplyDeleteLearned from Ron's latest Facebook post that FUN ADVENTURE will cease publication after #15. I'm uncertain what the cause is, but no matter how one slices it, it's sad... I'm hoping folks will still latch on and boost those sales to change Warren Montgomery's mind.
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