As a Libra, I tend to obsess over many things. They vary from food to books to movies to television shows. I can’t speak for all Libras, but the ones I know, it is true. We also tend to be neurotic, often precision matters more than anything and if anyone does something different than what we expect, we tend to look at it as done wrong.
We are also a contradiction of sorts, most often going against principles to avoid conflict. Sometimes all these things can be debilitating. It can also feel very lonely, as we often think no one feels the same way. In Tom Kaczynski’s debut Cartoon Dialectics #1, he explores some of these things that circles his mind.
In “Negative Intuitions”, he explores how cities looked to create utopias but found their true selves liberation of self, sexually, politically, and otherwise. In “36th Chamber Of Commerce”. One freelancer compares his philosophy of work life with that of the iconic Shaw Brothers movie, “36 Chambers of Shaolin . In the last comic “Utopian Gap”, he gets iinto how designers may view the differences between utopias and dystopias. A t the nd of the issue, Kaczynski gives readers a peak behind his mind.
Overall, Cartoon Dialectics #1 is a fun debut issue that crosses genres. The story by Kaczynski is funny and influential. The art by Kaczynski is beautiful. Altogether, a book that pushes boundaries and provokes thought.
Story: Tom Kaczynski Art: Tom Kaczynski
Story: 9.0 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.0 Recommendation: Buy
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Source: Graphic Policy
