Wapsi Square

(Keenspot, 2004)
™ and © 2004 Paul Taylor

Paul Taylor’s creator-owned comics are fun social commentary, but they benefit more from longer storylines than the shorter installments that lead off the book. The art, too, could use a little finessing. The style is fine, the cover is proof enough of that, and the sketchbook section of this trade paperback is a treat, but the strips themselves sometimes trip into a sketchy, half-completed look, as though they were digitally inked from the pencils. Still, art’s just the hook, and solid writing is the reel. You’ll find both in this comic, which most commendably, has its own style of cartooning that isn’t just Disney or manga tossed back up.

— Brendan McGinley

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#1

June, 2004
Cover Price: $9.95
1 copy available for $8.50

Paul Taylor