Wicked Chicken Queen is my Retrofit Comic of the day. The story opens up in the year 150 BCQ, the "BCQ" standing for "Before Chicken Queen." The story unfolds page-by-page, with a sentence accompanying a lavish pencil drawing. Each of the drawings shows a single scene (with a few exceptions), a castle with a chicken head, dances, and of course, the Chicken Queen. The beings of the island have one giant eye that takes up most of their head. They seem to have no technology beyond gears and wheels, but then the narrator makes mention of a phone, and of course, there are phone wires on the cover.
The Chicken Queen is found as an egg, falls in love with the girl who finds her, and lays eggs every day that the people eat. The King dies, making the Chicken a Queen, and at some point, she becomes wicked and attacks them. The narrator is a rarely seen figure, a woman with a daughter in college. All the main characters are women except the King. This is the perfect comic to share with a friend or family member.
The difference between mini-comics and mainstream comics is like the difference between country blues and city blues. I know people love their superstars, and I've been to mega-concerts at sports stadiums. But there's something to be said for watching John Underwood or someone at a bar and hanging out with them afterward, maybe buying a tee shirt. It's the same at a PWG wrestling card, or at least it used to be, when you could still get tickets.
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