Schematic Comics

Plot

I bought this on a whim based on a recommendation from Jog and it may have been the best four dollars I spent on a comic this month. It’s a semi-autobiographical book by Daniel Zettwoch, containing a series of comic shorts, many of which have appeared in other places, although it’s unlikely you‘ve seen any of them.

Each piece has a unique charm to it that will likely resonate differently for everyone. “The Secret Society of Six Mile Lane” and “The Disappearing Man of Hill Behan” were entirely different in tone and theme and yet each struck a chord from my own past. That’s really the key to enjoying the book as the author draws extensively on his childhood for most of the stories. I’d guess most of us can find some common ground with Zettwoch, but even if you can’t the foundation was probably laid for you in any one of a hundred books, television shows or movies, and you should enjoy the humor and basic humanity of the stories.