Volunteers #1 - Rob Jackson
36 pages, black & white
£4.70 (free UK p&p, see site for rest of world)
£4.70 (free UK p&p, see site for rest of world)
Volunteers #1 is the first in a series of comics following a group of volunteers working on a preserved stream railway. It's easy to imagine the setting as the perfect idea for a sitcom, and the storyline unfolds with the tension of the best TV dramas.
It's charmingly drawn, and the script evokes the tension, burgeoning romance, rivalry and chivalry, between the characters.
Look beyond the steam railway of yesteryear and you'll find themes centred around investment and 'progress', and treachery inherent in capitalism. Volunteers #1 couldn't be more about now, even if it was focused on electric cars.
You can buy direct from Rob at his website: robjacksoncomics.ieasysite.com - check out the rest of his work while you're there.
Review by Nathan Penlington
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