So Monkey is buddies with Jonas Madden-Conner of
Family Style, but disclosure aside, his newest work
Ochre Ellipse #3 is pretty amazing. Both Monkey and Seal have been re-reading it the past few days and we have to say that it is a damn good comic.
The illustrations are cute, but the overall storytelling shown here is damn good. The story follows a man of the future who travels back in time (a common recreational pursuit in the future) to try and revisit his childhood. The whole thing unfolds as smoothly as..well, something that unfolds really smoothly, and the ending is sure to pull at a few heartstrings (or you are a cold, dead human being).
Monkey is also buddies with Francois Vigneault, editor of
Elfworld, creator of Friends, lead Family Style dude, and grand organizer of the
SF Zine Fest. Francois also happens to be an avid bird watcher, and he mixes his love of comics and nature in his latest work,
Bird Brain.
Filled with illustrations of various birds around the SF Bay Area mixed with hand-written observations, Bird Brain works well as it is such a personal work. Not only are there little stories about identifying birds, but there are little snippets of Francois' life while watching the birds, and the trips he took while checking them out.
We highly recommend heading over to
Family Style to pick up a copy of each comic/zine ASAP (although Ochre Ellipse 3 isn't up yet, issues 1 + 2 are, and are also awesome) and you might as well browse the entire Family Style offering to find something great to read tonight!
Jonas Madden-Connor
Xiau-Fong Wee
Xiau-Fong Wee
