Reporter #6 by Dylan Williams
"The Party" is unnerving story about an evening get together that ends up being a series of long, surreal debates.
Other issues of Reporter:
Reporter #5
Reporter Little Black
"This story is set 1956 and it's about a newly hired reporter going to a company party at his bosses house. He goes with a wife and they go around talking to other staff members about a variety of topics of the day like the Korean War, working in the comic industry and religion. Sprinkled along the way is how got his job and the tale of 3 blind men describing an Elephant. The Elephant tale is pretty well known and I'm a bit surprised told the story rather than just reference it.
I found myself liking the lead character Adam, and the general story of him wandering around in a party talking to different people. It had a fun and intelligent feel to it. The story is a nice done in one that had a decent ending too. My main quibble with the writing is that I feel it's the same "voice" in all the characters, despite the best intention of the author.
The art was very simplistic though. There was virtually no close ups of the characters. There is a lot of people standing, stiffly I might add and from a distance. The one close up of hands shaking was particularly bad (note to artist, fingers bend around the underside of the hand and squeeze). Some of the details in the peoples clothes didn't come through on numerous panels. Many panels have little to no backgrounds. There are a few pages where he goes all out in background detail, but it doesn't make up for the rest of the book.
In all, I give it a 3 for writing and a 2 for art. Overall rating is 2.5 out of 5. I think Dylan has good potential as a writer and I hope he keeps getting better at it."
Jamie Coville at Collector Times
"While I couldn't always follow the storytelling, however, I did like Williams's art style, heavy on the blacks and shadows. It has the effect of being a little cold and distancing, which I think hurt this particular story, but I can definitely see enjoying it more on other work."
Randy Lander (from a review of Reporter #5)
$4.00 including postage (36 interior pgs, 6 x 9 ", color cover with black and white interior)
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