Hilary J. Bader (1952–2002)

reading this made me feel incredibly nostalgic. this was the only mtg comic i owned as a kid, and also the only one i had read until fairly recently. (though i have been an avid reader of the webfiction for quite some time, and am currently working my way through all of magic story, like ALL of it. novels, short stories, comics, etc.) i'm willing to admit that nostalgia may have played a big part here. and on top of nostalgia for the comic itself, nightmare was my favorite magic card when i show more was a dumbass kid (/a). but rereading this now, i liked it SO much better than i've liked any other comic i've read so far for this project. it felt much more distinct and focused while also managing to cram like a dozen spells from mtg's early core sets into its pages. it's just the most nostalgic anything i've read for this project so far has made me for the early days of magic.

also, like... it's bizarrely kinda highkey kinky??? like... nightmare is SO dommy, and a character agrees to be her slave for 10 years and even though he later has the power to just shrug off that agreement, he... doesn't??? and it's highly implied he isn't really in a hurry to escape after those 10 years??? this is a lot of reading between the lines, but i seriously think the dude might be into it. kinky! show less