From the Longbox – Path
Path is a fable, I think. It has talking animals and someone learns a lesson I’m pretty sure. Which is what makes a fable a fable, no? When Doppler the rabbit is on the run from a pack of crocidogs he is saved by a tumbling elephant named Dodge. Nothing solves a problem like dropping an elephant on it.
When I came across Path I was a bit surprised I had not ever heard of it. Despite the fast pace of both the story and the action on the page something about the adventures of these two unlikely companions was compelling. The whole affair is very Seussian. Every page introduces a new predicament with new fantastic creatures both large and small. Gregory S. Baldwin is both the writer and illustrator of the book and his style is quite unique. The adventure is suitable for any age but the art has a distinct urban, almost graffiti-like, slant to it.
The disparity between the simple story and the edgy art ends up suiting the book well. Had any of the more menacing creatures been rendered in a more cartoony style some of the urgency of the two travelers would be lost. Below are some panels of the unnamed inhabitants of the world of Path.
its really a nice site
A link to the site would be appreciated
I would love to link to an official site about Path but Com.X doesn’t have one. This is as close as I can do: http://www.comxcomics.com/titles/. As much as I love a lot of what Com.X does it’s website isn’t exactly an ocean of information.
Path was a great book. And there actually was a website at
http://pathcomic.blogspot.com/
But it doesn’t look like it’s been updated since August.
Greg Baldwin also has a site called creaturebox at http://creaturebox.com
And if you want to find out more about the book I interview Greg back when the book first came out over at my podcast, Comics Radar.
http://comicsradar.com/archives/137/
Really a great book, thanks for the reminder Mikey. I’ll have to dig it out of the longbox.
JM,
Nice find on the Path blog. It’s SEO must be for crap if I couldn’t turn it up. Also I couldn’t find the link to the podcast? Would love to hear what he has to say. I recently interviewed Andi Ewington of Com.X about his new book “45″ over at Techland where I sometimes contribute.
Mikey