Matthew Lieberman
mattpocalypse_is_all@yahoo.com
It was so cool and coincidental that Mattpocalypse should fall into my hands to review. I had a chance to roll through Matt’s gallery at the TimeZone on Post Street a few months back and it was a really fun experience. Enormous comic panels lined all the walls and everyone was encouraged to add their own bit of color to the comics. I had never seen this concept before and it was so interactive that it really gave everyone a reason to chill for awhile and have fun.
The comic itself is really good. The detailed panels have a classic comic style and feel that I personally think is very pleasing to the eye and easy to maneuver through. The story reads like an overt and very violent manifestation of all of our inner struggles with concepts like religion. Mattpocalypse and God are locked into a death struggle, eventually ending in a Big-Bang sized explosion. Then just when all seems lost, we see it was all a dream. On a side note, Matt mentions John Mayer a lot and I really want to know if there’s a back story to that or is it just because John Mayer is so lame? I’ll go with the latter.
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wow. i’m so flattered. i just came upon the article while googling myself. yes, i google myself. glad you enjoyed the show, the crayons did help. as for the John Mayer question, John Mayer and Martin Luther (the protestant monk, not the civil rights leader) appear to be the same person; Therefore, the being we know as ‘john mayer’ is, in fact, some sort of time traveler or an immortal tampering with our timeline. Exhibit A: You know what ‘John Mayers’ last album was titled? continuum? what do time and space both exist on? proof. Exhibit B: His last hit single? ‘waiting on the world to change’. i rest my case. anywho. Thanks for the article and i’ll keep you updated on future releases.