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Preview: Miranda in the Maelstrom #6

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MIRANDA IN THE MAELSTROM #6

Writer(s): Riley Dashiell Biehl 
Artist Name(s): Drew Moss (Pencils), Borg Sinaban (Colors) 
Cover Artist(s): Drew Moss (Pencils, Cover A), Borg Sinaban (Cover A, Colors)  
Lettering: Taylor Esposito 
Editors: Brittany Matter and Nicole D’Andria
33 pgs./ T / FC
$2.99
Digital-Release

A Bad IDEA 

With the help the Inanimates, Miranda was able to travel through the storm and back to IDEA. On a mission to be reunited with Noodles and save the Inanimate’s leader, Miranda must sneak her way through the inner corridors of IDEA where she’ll discover the horrifying truth about the organization. Can she survive on her own? Who is the vigilante known as Web-Wing? Will Miranda find Noodles and begin their adventures, or is she destined be alone in infinity? 

MIRANDA IN THE MAELSTROM #6

Spitting Image is an Enticement to Back Kith + Kin

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Kith + Kin

Spitting Image is a black and white comic strip that’s included in the Kith + Kin anthology currently live on Kickstarter. The seven-page comic is written by Brittany Matter and Heather Ayers with art and lettering by Sally Cantirino, and one of ten within the anthology itself. I haven’t read the anthology itself, only this story, but based on the strength of this story I’m willing to give it a look.

There are very few words in the strip, around a dozen depending on what you’re including in the count, but there’s a lot of story here nonetheless. Much like a fine wine or an old cigar*, you need to take your time with this story. Don’t rush through it to get to the words because you’ll miss a lot of the story told through the decor and shadows within the panels; it is these subtle, not quite hidden, details that pull you in to the unnamed protagonist’s world and tells her story as she simply walks through a great old house.

Spitting Image literally shows you the story, but actually tells you nothing. It’s a cool literary device and one that gives a lot of faith and trust in the reader’s ability to pull the details from the story. It makes the comic feel remarkably rewarding. Of course, this wouldn’t work if Sally Cantirino didn’t have the understanding of sequential art that she so clearly does. Her page composition makes use of the limited pages with some truly intriguing panel layouts and sharp contrasts in the black and white artwork. This is one of those stories that needs to be read in as close to the intended form as is possible; flipping the pages of the horizontal review copy was thrilling.

When it comes to enticements for an anthology book, they don’t come much better than this. Matter and Ayers’ ability to craft such a powerful story within such a relatively space leaves me with a lot of hope for what the pair have to offer in the other nine stories in Kith + Kin.

If you’re reading this before the Kickstarter closes, I highly recommend backing the book today.

*I don’t actually know whether you take your time with either wine or a cigar because I don’t consume either.