Week of 11/11/2024

On The Shapes, 4th wall discussions arise topped with a hot and icy scene. I share a lot of news, and on Sammy the Critic, I review Micah Lisenfield's second issue of A.T. Walker.

The Shapes

Eternal or Ephemeral Escapism

Oral Ices (NSFW?)

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News

Event Announcements

Happy November to y’all. As the holiday season approaches, I have two events lined up so far for this month!

Hey Market!

This Saturday night from 7-11 PM, I’m tabling at Hey Market! at the Cafe Hey in Tampa at 1540 N Franklin St near the North Franklin Street Historic District. It’s free and will have food/drinks you can purchase and feature live performances. Come on over to hang out and bring your friends!

Dharma Kava Lounge Fall Market

Can’t make it tonight? No worries, this Tuesday night also from 7-11 PM, I’m tabling the Fall Art Show at the Dharma Kava Lounge in Largo! This event is also free with food outdoors and drinks available at the bar to purchase.

Shelfdust Write-Up

Some self-congratulatory news, I got paid to write an essay about my predictions of Michael Sweater’s Everything Sucks which you can read here!! Thank you Steve Morris for letting me write for your outlet.

Sammy the Critic

AT-Walker #2 Review

What does one do when their newborn child possibly has cancer? Panic, grieve, feel angry? Depends on the person, but there’s a universal dread that cartoonist Micah Lisenfield explores in the second issue of his ongoing zine AT-Walker shares from his and his wife Aicha’s personal experience. I hadn’t read the first issue, so I can’t tell how they tie together or diverge thematically, but what I can state is that uncertainty is the dominant theme. We don’t find out what the diagnosis is until the final two pages, so there’s a palpable fear and anxiety that can be felt throughout.

The art is simple and straightforward which is what’s needed for a grounded comic of this nature. We have anxiety-inducing moments such as the hospital scenes where the doctors are performing medical tests on the baby. Nevertheless, there are also moments of frustration and even the modicum of joy one attempts to find in a bad situation. In combination with the visual language used, this makes it all the more emotionally devastating when we’re told the diagnosis is for the rare degenerative disease ataxia telangiectasia (AT hence the zine title).

Overall, this was A-T Walker #2 was a gripping memoir comic I would recommend to anyone just for the sake at least of being aware of certain immunodeficiency diseases.