Every once in a while I travel down the indie side of the track! Now Yes Im a Elf Quest,Cerebus, and Pacific comics type of guy and have been known to sling me some Lady Death, but by my 28 year comic collector status I'm a Marvel type of guy! However EVERY once in a while I pick something up and say well lets take a looksy! This time it was a comic by Antartic Press called "Chip" #1. Richard Moore creates a great character who is a baby gargoyle named Chip. Chip is like any other boy growing up who dreams the BIG dream. He day-dreams about being a Gargoyle guarding the great cities of Paris,London, and of course New York in reality he is just on a big rock over looking a farm. He spends most of his days on the prowl and sneaking up on his family and getting his Roar ready for the big game.
The book is funny as can be and even Elvira gets mentioned in the story line. Chip is constantly harrashed by the farm cat in a loving way through out the story. It brings you back to realizing he is just a little gargoyle with growing pains. He hooks up with a Fairy and they decide the best way to prove his readiness is to explore a hauted house He finally gets the courage to go in the house and finds out the old stories of the hauted house are true.
Now for some reason this is classified as a manga genre. I believe it can be a modern store line and enjoyed by everybody. The art work is awesome. Where it lacks some background art it makes up with its characters who almost embody every panel. Making a stone character into a beleivable human isn't that easy but they did a great job of it thoughout the story.
This for sure goes into my first read stack. On the Six Shooter chart I give it 5 bullets. I think it can get a 6 if they continue this great story line and include some back ground art. Its most likely a very low print run. However worth the search! Of course any comic that can get Elvira in the story line is a for sure WINNER!
Happy Hunting!
Six Shooter Jesse James
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