Stephanie McMillian’s wonderful Minimum Security is a single panel comic which combines the political satire of Tom Tommorow’s “This Modern World” and the absurdist wit of Ruben Bolling’s “Tom, The Dancing Bug”. Stephanie mostly succeeds at providing activist awareness and deft political timing in a single frame. “Instant Disillusion” is a delightful jab at the mass ignorance of Americans with regards to modern politics. “Product Of Nature” is a witty deconstruction of the corporate mindset. However, being a single frame comic does cause a certain simplification of heady political topics, as seen in “Selective Outrage”, which addresses physical violence against corporate companies. However, Stephanie mostly hits the mark, and for a first collection, this is a sign of great things to come. A large anthology called “Out Of The Box” will be published next fall, but until then this should keep you well satisfied. (Kevin Jagernauth)
comic, #1, 16 pgs, $1, Stephanie McMillan, P.O. Box 2083, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 33303, USA, [email protected], www.minimumsecurity.net