Oh Shit, Comics!
May 14th, 2020
Short and to the pointless, here are a few comics you might want to check out online if you haven’t done so already…
Erika Price – Disorder
A series of experiments in unmaking, Disorder doesn’t need me laying it on thick, a quick glance at a couple of pages will tell you that you need to read more.
What impressed me most my second time through the series as it currently stands was the range of approaches Price adopts from a strip-to-strip basis. Episode 2 achieves a sense of real vulnerability by showing us a figure in motion, its shifts in mood and physicality tracked in great detail panel-to-panel:
Episode 3, meanwhile, plays out a similar drama in a totally different format. Here, whatever pain happens is framed by a writhing, corporeal, semi-expressive landscape, inner space projected outward until the difference between self and world is obliviated:
The next six strips see Price trying out a variety of different approaches to narrative, image making and panel layout without every blurring her vision of what Disorder is. It’s remarkable work. It’ll get under your skin. You’ll want it there.