What I Bought 10/14/2017

I found one of the two comics I needed from earlier this month last weekend. Better than none. And this was the one I really wanted, so that works out well.

Giant Days #31, by John Allison (writer), Max Sarin (penciler), Liz Fleming and Irene Flores (inker), Whitney Cogar and Kieran Quigley (colorists), Jim Campbell (letterer) - However that picture was put upon on the wall, I'm certain McGraw would have been appalled.

Daisy is staying at Ingrid's to avoid Esther and Susan, so they enlist McGraw to try and speak with her. He, in turn, enlists Ed to keep an eye out for the Spanish, who he thinks are after him for breaking Emilia's heart. Certainly her very large brother is after him, and finds him right as Daisy's pool sharking is about to solve the electric bill problem, by parting some stupid rugby fans of money they didn't deserve anyway. She had to abandon the game to save McGraw and Ed, so instead, the rugby lads will waste it on beer and foods which will guarantee their premature deaths of cholesterol in their early 40s. Works for me. And Susan sold her scooter to pay the bill, so that problem is resolved.

There is still the issue of Daisy's friends hating her girlfriend, which is going to have to be dealt with. I'm somewhat concerned Ingrid thinks there has to be a choice. I feel like there a few things she could do to be less annoying, and then they'd be fine with her. Susan and Esther don't want Daisy to be sad, but Ingrid is an extremely rude houseguest. That should probably involve Susan and Esther speaking to Ingrid directly, but ha ha, that's not happening.

Allison consistently fills this comic with good one-liners and gags that make me chuckle. Ed's 'He seemed very, very relaxed about injuring you.' Ingrid's demand to know about it if Daisy saw Esther and Susan kiss (I would also like to know about it). Most pages end on some sort of joke, and more of them land than not, ably complemented by the efforts of all the members of the art team.

Which is a little bigger this month, with an extra inker and colorist each. I think I can see a small shift in a couple of places. One, at the point when Daisy, McGraw and Ed concoct their pool hustling scheme. Something is just a little off from the surrounding pages. The lines surrounding McGraw's face are lighter than normal, the lines under his eyes are gone, the his coloration is lighter. The figurework is a little simpler, especially noticeable in his facial hair. It's not bad, the expressions and body language are still intact, the humor still works.  It's just one of those slight differences you notice sometimes.

The rugby bros trying to pump each other up to test themselves against Daisy again is good for a grin. That panel showing how McGraw broke things off with Kylie is, well, horrifying, but Sarin and I'm assuming Fleming and Cogar make it work. Although Kylie appears to be reacting more to McGraw's tighty whities than his twinkly mustache. Either way, it's funny and horrifying.