by Warren Moore One of the neat things about having attended HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC, last weekend was the chance to discover comics I hadn’t read before, placed somewhere outside the mainstream. One that I liked quite a bit is Blink, by a guy who calls himself Max Ink, and both the cartoonist and his creation are based in Columbus, Ohio. His artistic influences include Eisner and Watterson, his musical influences include progressive rock (especially Yes — one story is entitled “Time an a Few Words“, and a local hippie is called Olias. Meanwhile, another character has Rush’s 2112 “Starman” on his computer) and his work (collected in Blink: So Far, which you should consider buying) is a gentle account of the titular heroine, a cartoonist; her friend Samantha (“Sam”), the guitar-playing Hank and their friends as they make their ways through life in Columbus. It isn’t a gag strip, but it makes me smile. The characters’ voices seem authentic, and I like two of the three leads. It reminds me of some of my own twentysomething days, and I like it a lot. Check it out. Warren Moore is a regular contributor to The American Culture, and Associate Professor

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