The Free Comic Book Day issue of Dungeon Crawler Carl was my first experience of the series. I wasn’t won over, as the main character seemed a bit mean-spirited and the treatment of his ex stunk of misogyny. The art was fine, and it’s well constructed as a comic but it’s not for me.
Tonight my bedtime reading was Mega Man Showdown Special, one of the FCBD issues I picked up Saturday. It’s a snappy, light little adventure comic with a Battle Network backup that’s equally light. It’s a fun kids’ comic that is as accessible as anything Mega Man can be.
I’ve read quite a lot of Conan, and was looking forward to reading the FCBD offering The Cimmerian: Xuthal Of The Dusk, which adapts the first part of the short story “Xuthal Of The Dusk”. It’s a brutal take on the Robert E. Howard original that doesn’t allow any squeamishness and leans into some of the more disturbing aspects of the character.
I wasn’t sure what to expect from Inanna’s Free Comic Book Day issue. The setup is a classic god becomes a contemporary super hero story, and the tropes are thick in this introduction. Maybe there’s more novelty and fun in the larger story, but as much as I wanted to love this, it fell flat.
It has been fun watching the success of Neon Odyssey since its Kickstarter launched. This explainer video outlines ethos and appeal of the project to bring nostalgic space fantasy to D&D 5.5e.
Last night my bedtime comic was Flash Gordon’s Free Comic Book Day issue. I haven’t experienced a lot of Flash Gordon comics, but I found this was a fun space adventure and I’d be open to more.
I haven’t read any Mind MGMT before this Free Comic Book Day split issue. I enjoyed how it played with the comics form but the rough art was hard to digest. Fort Psycho was a more straightforward story with more conventional art and it was fine.
We started the day at Halifax Central Library for Saturday Morning Cartoons. The free event was run by The Animation Festival of Halifax (AFX) and featured locally animated cartoons. They served breakfast for the kids and Celestine had a great time.
Journey to the West was definitely the highlight of my Free Comic Book Day haul from last weekend. It’s a fun take on the classic story and Jim Zub’s English script works very well, even if the anachronistic mention of potatoes was a distraction.
