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Five LeafLits by John Robbins et al.
The Middle Of Nowhere.. and an off-centre other (Sean Mac Roibin, Kieron Mullens & John Robbins)
Things Behind the Sun... and other places (Sean Mac Roibin & John Robbins)
Were-House... with a second and third storey (Sean Mac Roibin, Eddie Maddock & John Robbins)
Something in the Way... and other obstructions (Sean Mac Roibin & John Robbins)
Occupied With .. and others that loiter ((Sean Mac Roibin & John Robbins)
45 eurocents each, 2 pages A3 each.
Available from John Robbins, 11 Avonmore Avenue, Tallaght, Dublin 24, Ireland. (check before sending money)
reviewed by Roelof Goudriaan
Original appearance: Albedo one issue 21, May 2000
These A3 sized single-leaf sheets, each folded to give space for one A3 sized comic and three A5 pages, treat in a few brilliant panels complex topics like suicide and other ways to die; eating disorder and other human insecurities; sexual crimes and other youth traumas; and being mentally elsewhere. Some are more intent on capturing a mood than telling a story; but all have something to convey.
John Robbins has in the past worked for the American comics publishers Caliber and Dark Horse. The panel lay-out of the pages and the crisp black-and-white artwork evoke an energy which only a few great names like Frank Miller can bring onto the page; the text is equally crisp: "One tree in particular became the focus of his study - a rotting spruce, in whose mangled branches Robert once glimpsed the expression of a hanged girl.". The stories beg to be re-read and combed through.
These leaflits are comics with a difference! One of the best coins you could ever hope to spend.
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