September 12th

by Robert Sergel

Pamphlet

Published January 1, 2018

About the author

Robert Sergel (b.1982) is a cartoonist, illustrator & graphic designer currently residing in Cambridge, MA. He draws the Ignatz-nominated comic series Eschew, a Best American Comics selection.

SPACE: An Eschew Collection was published by Secret Acres and counted on Paste Magazine's best comics of the year. Bald Knobber is his first novel length comic.

Reviews

[Karl · Rating 4 out of 5]

6 solidly written and artistically executed stories.

[Matt Graupman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Six stories in just thirty-two pages means every comic in Robert Sergel’s latest collection, “September 12th And Other Stories,” has to be laser-focused and, hoo boy, are they ever. In the course of just a handful of panels, Sergel gets in, slaps the reader in the face, and gets the hell out of there. With a title like “September 12th” it’s no surprise that a lot of these pieces lean towards the political (Sergel is - rightfully - savage when it comes to expressing his disgust for Trump and his cronies) but there’s plenty of dark humor to offset his outrage. The art in this book is super-clean and -crispy, stark black-and-white in contrast to the shades of gray in his storytelling. It’s a fantastic comic, front to back.

FAVORITES:
“TSA Cares” - An awkward encounter with airport security prompts a bureaucratic dismissal
“Empathy” - A fender bender forces two strangers to try and find common ground... or not
“September 12th” - The day after the 9/11 attacks, shellshocked New Yorkers try to reclaim some sense of normalcy

[Cody · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny & poignant, though short. The best story was the title story, September 12th, about the absurdity of real life. I wanted more.