Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Plastic Farm #19

This is the last of the individual issues of Plastic Farm that Gynn brought home from SPACE. In general, the stacks of comics I've acquired from the Spring conventions are finally starting to shrink, and I'll be digging more and more into the backlog in the coming weeks. With 19 issues read, Plastic Farm is by far the title I've followed the most during this year, and it's definitely kept me interested.

Title: Plastic Farm
Issue: #19
Date: 2011
Publisher: Plastic Farm Press
Writer: Rafer Roberts
Artist: Rafer Roberts, Matt Dembicki, Jim8Ball

There are essentially three stories here, plus the snowed-in airport lounge framing story which has been ongoing. In college, Chester Carter learns of the state's actions against the orphanage where he was raised and the surrounding town, but he's drunk and high at the time, and his buddy keeps wanting him to change the channel to Scooby Doo.

Also in this issue is a continuation of the cannibal farmers story that has been recurring. It's a pretty intense segment and Matt Dembicki does a wonderful (and horrific) job with the illustrations.

Last up is a story by guest artist Jim8Ball of two teenagers following a map to the mysterious temple of the Immaculate Defacation, which, ironically, grants to power to see through all the bullshit that people hide behind. Goofy premise, but executed pretty well, especially the ending.

With three stories plus the framing bits, this issue had a very choppy feel to it, but individually, all of the segments were quite good.

Rating: 7.5/10

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