Lunch Hour Comix: SPX Preview Edition

Dug this one out of the backlog pile.

Title: Lunch Hour Comix: SPX Preview Edition
Date: 2004
Publisher: Alternative Comics
Writer: Robert Ullman
Artist: Robert Ullman

Eight-page quarter-sized minicomic released as a promo at the SPX convention. This is an autobiographical comic that does a nice job of using a couple of vignettes in a very limited amount of pages to paint a portrait of the narrator. The situations involve reflections on the nature of seasonal and long-term depression, a meeting with an old friend, and dealing with a bird trapped in the house.

As might be expected, there is not much resolution of plot, given the small page count, but it's a nice introduction with a fun geeky vibe.

Rating: 6.5/10

Benjamin Franklin: History's Greatest Time Traveler

Title: Benjamin Franklin: History's Greatest Time Traveler: How I spent My Summer Vacation
Date: 2002
Publisher: Ron LeBrasseur (ron_lebrasseur@comcast.net)
Writer: Ron LeBrasseur
Artist: Ron LeBrasseur

This was originally submitted to the SPX 2002 anthology, and is in minicomic form and billed as the "story SPX didn't want you to see".

Derek needs to improvise an oral report for the first day of class about how he spent his summer vacation. So, of course he tells the tale of how he helped time traveler Benjamin Franklin defeat Fifty-Foot Mecha Lincoln. The teacher is not all that impressed. A couple of funny jokes at the end; the rest of the story is fairly straightforward.

Rating: 5.5/10

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