Indie Friday - Uptight

Something else I'm trying is an Indie spotlight article that would focus on all things Indie. Be it Movies, comics or music, each Friday I'll find something independent to bring to you. This week we'll start with a comic since I haven't watched any movies lately and I can't find the CD I want to listen to.

Uptight #2 - The book contains three short stories, by three different artists and writers. That means no preview pages because frankly I'd be post half their story and that's lame for them. The first tale is about a guy who's hitch-hiking to work because his car broke down. A man stops to pick him up, but really the man is stopping to get help himself. He's dying and wants to go home. Well our stranger doesn't know where he lives so he takes him to the Hospital where he's pronounced dead. Now the man's voice is haunting the good Samaritan, asking to be taken home.

The second story is a bit more like life, which kinda makes it hard to read. An Old man comes home early from a slow day at work. He's visibly up-set from the day and pretty much hates being at home. His wife yells out chores for him to do the minute he walks in, but when he informs her that the neighbor's dog crapped in the yard she spouts off, "No I'm fine thanks for asking." Isn't that just like life? She did the same thing but he's the bad guy for not asking how her day was before talking about anything else. Well the Husband and Wife's daughter come over bring their Grand-daughter. Apparently the Daughter is having marital problems of her own and has decided to take the night away from her husband. The Grand-daughter is the cutest part of the story, and of course she loves her "Gramp" above anything. Even though it hits close to home with it's real world scenarios, it's a beautifully written story, the writer described things that you typically don't find in comics but it worked so well that I'm truly hoping they'll write more and that others will adapt their style.

The last story is pretty simple, a guy's girlfriend goes to the video store and hasn't returned for an hour and he's running through all the different things that could have happened to her none of them being happy. Due to the short nature of the story it's hard to say if one of the scenarios truly happened or if she just left the guy that sat at home instead of looking for her.

Well that concludes the first Indie Friday, Jonzy's Jukebox Jewelery will be on in an hour I believe which is always a good listen check it out on the web if you don't live in LA.