Quick Review Pack #2

The Legendary Lynx and Day and Age: Year Three

I have a feeling I’m going to do all of my review REQUESTS here on Substack from now on. Especially if I’m going to be getting multiple review copies around the same time.

The Legendary Lynx

I first came across this piece on Zestworld where it wasn’t finished. Apparently this is a spin-off from

Alex Segura

’s prose novel Secret Identity.

Honestly, when I first read it, it wasn’t the most interesting thing I’ve seen. I’m not sure if it’s the Bronze Age style narrations or the choppy editing in places. Like the Lynx’s acrobatic movements not having the clearest line of anticipatory movement in her fight with a bruiser villain, especially with the lettering. And some scenes spliced with flashbacks look out of place.

With the whole story, the pacing felt like it was going too fast with not enough time to get to know these characters. Even the lead was 2 Dimensional at best.

It feels like this series was meant to evoke the feeling of Bronze Age novelty. Especially since the end of the album has these web pages about the comic. These are a bit more interesting because the “real life” lore and drama feel like material for an Alternate Reality Game.

That’s the kind of stuff that get people interested in a comic if only for speculative market worth. Or in this case advertising Segura’s sequel to Secret Identity, Alter-Ego.

So for the comic alone… 6.5/10. I just don’t see these “first four” issues to be compelling enough. But the behind-the-scenes lore is interesting.

Day and Age: Year Three

Andrew Oh is back for another piece in his autobiography series. I was happy to see Years One and Two in a few comic stores because it meant people are noticing and enjoying Day and Age.

Year Three is no exception. Year Three combines the inner imagination running freely to deal with life’s anxieties from Year One and the outward expressions of Year Two.

Los Angeles proves to be an entertaining character in its own right. I mean the nudist biking scene happened!

Then I found out that Andrew Oh was an extra in Young Sheldon… and just like me the public doesn’t really want to give that show attention. Just being an extra on shows can be a real adventure too. Complete with the anxieties like not getting a role or faking it enough to get through a scene. It’s enough to evoke how being bored on set can lead to the most introspective thoughts you have.

But one thing I really can’t help relating to Oh on is his checkups trying to figure out what’s causing his chronic pain. I deal with my own nerve irritation problems in a certain part of my body to the point of trying exercise from physical therapy to keep the worst effects away. And it’s something that I might have to deal with for the rest of my life. So seeing Oh accept whatever’s affecting him is hard but it’s just fine too. Because who wants to go through treatments when nobody’s certain this will be a permanent fix?

It looks like I’m not gonna get the chance to see Oh at this year’s Baltimore Comic Con since last year’s wasn’t so great for him. But at least he got to have a good time with other cartoonists he could relate to in a few others.

8.5/10