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Imaginary Drugs
An Illuminati celebrity assassin, adorably twisted ritual sacrifices, doomed lovotic space affairs, war toads, G.U.N.T.S., luchador gorillas, and urban languawitches await in this bizarrely wonderful sci-fi-fantasy fueled comic anthology. Imaginary Drugs is a creator driven exploration of life, love, death, and raygun-toting, multiverse adventure. Skirting the fears and fringes and subverting the hopes and expectations of the modern imagination, Imaginary Drugs tackles the possible future origins of human life, our increasingly dependent relationship with technology, and the ass-kicking absurdity of beating a nest of blood-suckers into submission with a cosmically powered baseball bat.
201 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 20, 2015
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August 25, 2019
Don't judge a book by its cover. This book's cover (and title) sounded interesting. But the book isn't.
An anthology of 'up-and-coming' comics writers and artists per the back cover, this is really a collection of high-school level writing, supported by some distinctive art (some good, some aping 50's EC titles, some just weird) and no discernible theme. I try to go easy on anthologies, recognizing that not every story will be good. But I don't think there's a single story in this collection I would categorize as good - a couple are decent, one or two start off well and go horribly awry, and a number are so poorly written that I honestly couldn't tell whether it was the same story a new one between some pages. Special note for G.U.N.T. for both its tackiness of title/topic and almost incomprehensible dialog/captions. I think Star Captain Apollo manages to be the strongest story in the collection, putting an actor into a situation where he has to act like his character (Galaxy Quest vibes definitely felt) but it didn't have much competition. It's telling that almost 20% of the stories (and more than 33% of the story pages) come from the editor of the collection.
Don't make my mistake - don't be taken in by the title and cover. There are much better anthologies that are worth your time. This one isn't.
An anthology of 'up-and-coming' comics writers and artists per the back cover, this is really a collection of high-school level writing, supported by some distinctive art (some good, some aping 50's EC titles, some just weird) and no discernible theme. I try to go easy on anthologies, recognizing that not every story will be good. But I don't think there's a single story in this collection I would categorize as good - a couple are decent, one or two start off well and go horribly awry, and a number are so poorly written that I honestly couldn't tell whether it was the same story a new one between some pages. Special note for G.U.N.T. for both its tackiness of title/topic and almost incomprehensible dialog/captions. I think Star Captain Apollo manages to be the strongest story in the collection, putting an actor into a situation where he has to act like his character (Galaxy Quest vibes definitely felt) but it didn't have much competition. It's telling that almost 20% of the stories (and more than 33% of the story pages) come from the editor of the collection.
Don't make my mistake - don't be taken in by the title and cover. There are much better anthologies that are worth your time. This one isn't.
August 26, 2019
Not my thing.
I didn't know what I was picking up, or I probably would have passed on it. Short stories aren't usually my thing, and these were extremely short. Most of the stories were meh and the few that were intriguing would have been improved with length. The art was overall pretty meh too. I almost quit halfway through and don't feel rewarded for sticking it out. There were some humorous moments and it was imaginative enough, but I couldn't bring myself to care.
I didn't know what I was picking up, or I probably would have passed on it. Short stories aren't usually my thing, and these were extremely short. Most of the stories were meh and the few that were intriguing would have been improved with length. The art was overall pretty meh too. I almost quit halfway through and don't feel rewarded for sticking it out. There were some humorous moments and it was imaginative enough, but I couldn't bring myself to care.
February 22, 2019
A psychedelic acid trip of a comic anthology containing dozens of short, sci-fi/fantasy/macabre comics from a bunch of different creators. Absolutely wild, and I loved the illustrations and the stories; I’d definitely be interested in more of the same from these folks!
October 27, 2017
This has some good stuff and some terrible stuff, I'd recommend Alan Moore's Future Shocks first, but this is a good second place.
November 17, 2019
OMG. Effing Beautiful!
The first half, especially, had me laughing non-stop. Interspaced with a lot of “Wha???” With some absolutely gorgeous artwork. I highly recommend.
The first half, especially, had me laughing non-stop. Interspaced with a lot of “Wha???” With some absolutely gorgeous artwork. I highly recommend.
October 10, 2014
A nice collection of graphic shorts.
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