Minus ended a couple of weeks ago. Ryan Armand's clever and sometimes macabre comic about a little girl who just happens to be omnipotent was a joy every Thursday for the last couple of years. Frequently, the wacky adventures would go on for several strips and take interesting turns. It's worth noting that his brand of absurdity had enough grounding in character and the strip's internal logic to stay relevant and engaging as opposed to the more common and lazy disconnected non-sequitor that nearly ruined the Simpson's in the later seasons and usually prevents Family Guy from ever becoming genius. The art was always gorgeous and not for lack of effort on Ryan's part: (from the website)
"Each minus strip is painted on a 15x20" piece of Illustration board. With this comic I am pretending I am making a comic strip for a newspaper in the early 20th century. A special newspaper that lets me use as much color as I want, because real papers have limitations on that sort of thing. Or maybe they did in the past I'm not sure!"
Thanks again, Mr. Armand, for the fun. I hope you will find the time to put out a collection. There's a couple of recent additions after the end of the story including a long promised outcome to the business man with wings story.
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