Beautiful people,
I am Chris.Dot. Writer, creator, and letterer of comic books including the graphic novel series, Cleavage. For what seems like centuries now I have read and indulged myself into the worlds of; Spider-Man, Batman, Spawn, The Watchmen, Godzilla, YuYu Hakusho: I can go on forever, but I invested time into all these characters and all of their lives not just because they looked cool or destroyed things, but because of how their stories impacted me: relating to me on a level that wished to see growth in humanity, even though the main character maybe a super hero or a literal monster.
Love Letters on the Walls is a newsletter for the comic book, story lover. Written by a man from an ancient time, me. The love letters on the walls include my journalistic process into the comic book industry as I venture off as an indie writer and letterer, all while leaving reviews on some of my favorite comics and graphic novels I’ve been reading. So, with the stars as my guiding protagonist, let’s get this issue started.
In 18 BC … wait, maybe not that far back. The year is 2014 and my then girlfriend is telling me she can’t deal with the secrecy and lies. But I don’t know how to tell her, “I just wish I could f*@# every girl in the world” in my young money voice and not hurt her feelings. So, we call it quits and I write a story about a man outside his time, willing to do whatever it takes to get back to his beloved. Of course, me being the opposite of my character, I personally had a lot of learning and growing to do. So, I tried.
FOR THOSE WHO AREN’T FAMILIAR, Cleavage is a graphic novel series that follows the temperamental biophysicist, Dr. Hobbs when he awakens twenty years into his future with the ability to manipulate molecules.
Losing contact with the original artist, I’m forced to have new talent take on Cleavage, to which he’d have to start from the beginning if we wish to see this thing through to publication. But, working with the new artist, Tomas Aira, he is a professional of some of the highest caliber and has already begun to take on the mantel. You can see some of his work out now on shelves in the recent run of Dragon Age as well as the Beyond the Pale series, published by Dark Horse Comics.
If interested, you can read the first three, original issues of Cleavage for free on the GlobalComix website and app, along with other stories created by me, to which we’ll speak of when the time comes.
LIKE NOW! For fans of short comics and goofy adventures, new issues of The Extraordinary Life of Average Joe are available now. Average Joe is your normal, everyday American. Just your average, overweight, lost in technology, “hard” working American. And when a freak accident makes him slightly more than ordinary, he’d rather just not. Read Issues 1 and 2, out now on GlobalComix, with issues 3 and 4 releasing by the end of the year!
Within this past year I’ve also managed to wrap up a few scripts outside of Cleavage, two of which are set to be major graphic novels looking to be released by 2030. American Bane: A Western Graphic Novella and Ronin Craftsman: The Legend of Jacob Siracha.
Lately, I’ve been giving myself time to catch up on reading as I read everything from; Mad Cave’s Dick Tracy to anything I can, and in between. But today I’m going to speak on Tom King’s Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, as well as DC’s most recent run of Hellblazer.
Diving right in, Tom King’s Supergirl is a 2017 series that ran for eight issues and, if you follow mega director James Gunn, you’d know that the book will be used as a character guideline to Supergirl in his upcoming DCU films, and for good reason.
From: Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King. Artwork by Bilquis Evely.
In this series, Supergirl is asked to find the killer of a young girl’s father in a far-off galaxy while attempting to save her K-9 friend, Krypto, from death. First jumping into this series, the art grabbed me right away. Vibrant, painting like scenery along with trippy color blends and a mesh of settings made it a masterpiece to look at.
Now, I must admit, reading the first few pages of book one, I was tempted to put it down due to what seemed like simple dialogue and a one-track story. But my thoughts on that quickly turned by the end of book one, to which the simple language grew on me as the childlike ignorance of the young girl was all the clearer now.
There are some points in between that seem like filler, like Supergirl being trapped on a planet with a green Sun where it felt a bit overdone, but still fun, nonetheless.
With a backstory on Supergirl jammed in a intergalactic, magical pony ride, this story just takes off as a heartfelt, emotional roller coaster as we learn of Supergirl’s purpose and self-worth.
From: Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King. Artwork by Bilquis Evely.
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow 4/5 Stars.
Next up would be Simon Spurrier’s current run of John Constantine Hellblazer: Dead in America and I must speak on this because with such regurgitated, watered down works out there, it’s such a refreshing take on a classic character.
In this series, John Constantine has been called upon the Sandman, yes Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, to find a thief that has stolen a grain of sand. Back from the dead and with a deaf son, John sets out to find the culprit and five issues in and I’m strung along every corner. From the dialogue feeling as though written by Moore himself to the characters involved, I’ve loved everything about this series so far and recommend picking it up at your LCS.
Hellblazer: Dead in America 4.5/5 stars. (So far.)
Thus concludes this issue, issue one of Love Letters on the Walls. I appreciate you all for reading and subscribing. Don’t hesitate to reach out and let me know what you think!
And always remember: Do what you do, with empathy and compassion as the foundation.
Love, Chris.Dot