Pogostick #2

by Al Columbia, Ethan Persoff

Things sure get real horrorshow in the second chapter of Al Columbia (Biologic Show) and Ethan Persoff's (Top Notch) black comedy, The Pogostick. There are Haitian zombies and voodoo warlords, a cancer patient, a butcher knife, sudden unemployment, the disadvantages of caller I.D., a horrible death, a cuckoo's nest revisited, cops with guns and flashlights, an ambulance, fat garbage bags, a clean apartment, and the gentle flow of blood on a carpet...all in two glorious colors.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

24 pages, Paperback

Published January 27, 2004

About the author

At the age of 19, he was hired by Bill Sienkiewicz to be his assistant on Alan Moore’s, Big Numbers.

Since then you may have seen some of his numerous other works such as Pim & Francie, Doghead, and The Biologic Show.

He is also a musician and artist.

Reviews

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super weirs.
Curious to check out more Al Columbia.

[Rick Ray · Rating 3 out of 5]

Though not as strong as the first issue, I still was left with a sense of longing for what comes next. A shame that Columbia and Persoff never came back to this because The Pogostick really seemed like an interesting (and bleak) insight into mental health issues and social awkwardness.

[Shweta Gupta · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read #1 and #2 together... bleak, dire but captivating.

[Drew Canole · Rating 2 out of 5]

What's with these guys and not finishing a story?