REVIEW: Ludocrats #5 is a fitting finale for a great book

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By Keigen Rea — This is my favorite painting. It’s by Pere Borrell del Caso (funny story, in a class this summer I credited it to Caravaggio, and I aced the class. Hilariously, I did not know Caso was the painter until I started writing this review! Hahahahahaha). Now, I’m probably supposed to like it because of like, brush strokes or something. Maybe realistic lighting? His fuzzy hairs, perhaps. It is not those things that make this painting special to me. This is my favorite painting because of it’s name. That’s dumb, I do not care.

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Story happens in The Ludocrats #4 - REVIEW

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Keigen Rea — A boring question to ask oneself when experiencing a story is, “Why is this the story that is happening?” It’s boring because it almost always leads to a boring answer, and because I pretty much always ask it out of boredom. Why does this matter? Has The Ludocrats #4 driven me mad? Have I been destroyed by the events of the issue? Maybe.

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REVIEW: Ludocrats #3 is a sequential narrative driven (at least partially) by pelvic thrusts

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By Keigen Rea — Any attempt at reviewing or critiquing Ludocrats feels like it’s missing the point entirely. Yet, missing the point is not in itself a defiance of Ludocratic principles, as there can be whimsy and intent in missing the point, and may even have more Ludocraticity than trying too hard to understand something. If one does not understand a thing, can one review or critique it?

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