Noiseless Chatter Archive

Philip’s note: I was approached to review volumes one and two of the Prime Cuts graphic novel. And, frankly, I would have done a great job with that. But, in fairness, my comic experience is pretty thin, so I am proud to feature a much more educated and reliable review from Scott Gregson, who posts here often as RaikoLives . Thanks, Scott. Also, thumbnails are for clickin’. Enjoy! Alright, look, I’m not gonna say I hated it. I know, I know, spoiler alert for my own review and all that, but yeah. I didn’t hate it. As such. “It” in this case is a pair of graphic novels; Prime Cuts : Volumes 1 and 2, written by John Franklin and Tim Sulka. Art for Volume 1 is by Rob Gutman, while Stan Maksun did the art for Volume 2. And in case you’re wondering, “graphic novel” is really just a fancy way of saying comic book. Prime Cuts starts off with our main character’s past unfurled as an incoherent vision of ugly people doing ugly things in an ugly way and, really, doesn’t go...

This week Casey Roberson completes his court-mandated review of the ALF comic series. If you haven’t read the first part yet, do so here , otherwise his suicide at the end of this part won’t make as much sense. Hello again! I left you on kind of a depressing note last time, with the idea that not even a comic writer could weave a touching story about an alien on Earth at Christmastime, at least as long as that alien was ALF. But don’t despair…or, as comics ALF would say “don’t despair tire” or “don’t despair ribs” or something equally shitty! ALF the comic kept going for another two years, because there were plenty of interesting stories left to tell, such as… Issue 27 – “Blow Your Own Horn of Plenty” ALF and Brian play trumpets. Issue 30 – “Kung Food for Thought” It’s inevitable that the comic book would repeat stories from the show–as well as itself–multiple times over its run. There’s only so many stock stories about families, and only so many relatable ones, eve...