The Tick: Free Comic Book Day 2014

With Free Comic Book Day coming this weekend, here's a book I bought during 2014's FCBD at New England Comics in Quincy MA, where I got it signed by the writer and artists.

Title: The Tick: Free Comic Book Day 2014
Publisher: New England Comics
Date: 2014
Writer: Jeff McClelland
Artist: Duane Redhead, Ian Chase Nichols
Editor: George Suarez, Bob Polio

Arthur and the Tick have to solve the mystery of the disappearance of their entire city. Fortunately, an alien that they find standing by the edge of the massive hole in the ground is able to provide a clue, which leads them to a showdown with a deranged alien collector known as the Hoarder.

This was an amusing and fast-paced story with some good visual gags and some nods to silver-age city-in-a-bottle tropes.

The backup story was also amusing, with the Tick taking on a new bearded identity as the Lone Santa. It was mostly setup for one visual joke, but the payoff was pretty amusing.

Good, silly fun all round.

Rating: 7.5/10