Taki Soma

Taki Soma tells her life story in a series of four-page vignettes that -- as she predicted in her afterword -- left me wanting to know more. I've spent the last hour and a half reading about the 1996 murder of Christina Marie "Christi" Mendoza and the long overdue resignation of Charles Brownstein in 2020 from the Comic Book Legal Defense fund 14 years after he sexually assaulted Soma and engaged in patterns of abuse and workplace harassment before and after her charges.

Soma has had more show more than her fair share of hardships and this book introduces any number of topics that I hope she will revisit in longer form sometime in the near future. show less

Alienated is one of the best comics I've ever read. I am anxiously awaiting release #2 in May. In this release the arrival of aliens on earth shakes the world. All of the alien bodies found were deceased except for one, aptly named Alien. He was found hiding in a man's closet. A disconnected family of a grandfather, TJ, and his grandkids, Lily and Winter, get together and decide to hide it from the curious world. The big question here is whether they can keep Alien hidden.

The story ended show more abruptly with Alien trying to communicate with the family. He was unsuccessful but the family thought they understood him. We have a cliffhanger concerning the nature of Alien's statements but we have to wait a few weeks to find out.

Release #1 has setup the series and the characters well. Now that we have the backstory in mind, the rest of Alien's needs and desires can be focused on in future installments of this 5 release series. show less