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via SIZE MATTERS: The Mini-Comics Blog by Shawn Nyland-Hoke on 6/18/09
Lost Kisses and Worms by Brian John Mitchell 
These minuscule mini-comics are adorably sized. The cute factor ends there, however. Inside it's sci-fi dread and hard-core issues of hate, guilt, and anger. I love that each mini is barely larger than a postage stamp. And it's also nice that they come in snug, clear plastic sleeves. Brian gets an A for packaging. Inside things don't go so well. The two issues of Lost Kisses deal with a stick figure character's feelings about an ex-girlfriend. Over two disturbing issues, the guy finds that he may or may not have indirectly led to his ex's house being broken into, which leads to her being beaten into a coma.
Over 40-single panel pages, the main character talks to the reader in word balloons; underneath Brian types captions that usually telegraph the action above, but sometimes lead you in a different direction. It's a bit disconcerting at times. For instance, at some point in issue 8 the ex goes from being in a coma to actually being dead. After rereading, I couldn't figure out where it happened, where she went from coma to dead, but it did happen. I think.
Brian's art in Lost Kisses is stick figure drawings with minimal props and no background. It's serviceable to the story, but unfortunately as flat and lifeless as the computer font in the captions.Worms, with artwork by Kimberlee Traub, is physically similar to Lost Kisses. The panels are one per page and the mini-comic is tiny. The art is livelier, but still very basic. Her line is thicker and her drawings are more varied. Worms is the third part of a tense story where a girl wakes up in an ICU with an IV bag full of worms. The captions totally mimic the action drawn above, which gets tedious, but the story does grab you and move along quite nicely.
You can check out more on Brian's minis at his SilberMedia website. Issues one through four are just $1 each, not sure about these two issues, but give Brian a shout on his website and he can give you the scoop.
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