Title: Alien Implant Comics AnthologyPublishers: donnamartinez.net, tacolicious.net, mobiusbandwidth.com
Writer: Donna Martinez, Joey Peters, Lindsay Moore
Artist: Donna Martinez, Joey Peters, James Mobius
Letterer: Joey Peters
Four stories makes up this anthology in minicomic form. The first and last are specifically related to the theme.
First up is "Among Us", a pretty clever twist on the alien conspiracy theories. The ending had an nice classic Outer Limits or Twilight Zone feel to it, which played well with the X-Files style buildup.
The second story was more of an autobiographical piece. "Natto Challenge" told the tale a group of American tourists in Japan and their encounter with a TV talk show crew who were looking for the reactions of foreigners to one of the local delicacies. I'm a sucker for geeky autobiographical comics, and I would have loved to see more of the adventures of these characters.
The third story, "The Lost Shadow" was more cartoony (in the Warner Brothers sense) and more surreal and humorous.
"Panic Attack", the last tale was done in a similar art style to the opening piece. It kept up the surrealism, but went for a much more serious storytelling style, and played around some more with the book's title theme.
All in all, a nice set of short stories, all of which leave room to be expanded into bigger tales.
Rating: 7.5/10
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