Basketful of Heads #6 - One Hot Panel

March 26, 2020 by Zack Quaintance in One Hot Panel

By Zack Quaintance — Saying I’m sitting here reading comics as the world burns is a fun phrase to type, but it’s maybe not the whole truth. I’ve actually been really busy as the world burns! Mostly covering the state and local government reaction to this crisis (because for a day job, I work as a reporter in the state and local government space). While I know this distancing has given plenty of folks more free time as usual, that just isn’t the case for me. I’m beset by more anxiety than usual while being busier than ever.

COMIC OF THE WEEK: Plunge #1 is another winner for the fantastic Hill House imprint

February 24, 2020 by d. emerson eddy in Comic of the Week

By d. emerson eddy — When I was five years old, I drowned. I was on a houseboat cruise and slipped going down the ladder that connected the top and lower decks. Luckily one of the other people saw it happen, as I hit my head on the deck as I went in the water. I don't know how long I was out, but I awoke coughing later on land, covered with a sheet, with astonished paramedics thinking that the resuscitation had failed. Suffice it to say, I have a strong aversion to boats and open water to this. Even in film and video games, I get uneasy in underwater settings. So for me, Plunge #1 from Joe Hill, Stuart Immonen, Dave Stewart, and Deron Bennett has an added hook to spook.