Written By Dalton Sharp
Printed by Pine Cone Comics
Poor Tad, he is a frustrated, lonely, and living in a fantasy land of harem women while working at the office. This is our introduction to the awesome comic book by Dalton Sharp, The Remnants. Printed in 1996, it is as funny today as it was yesterday, and as I stated in an earlier review, today just seems to harem themed comic book day. There are some adult themes here and you get to see anatomy in a clean non porn way as Tad’s fantasies lead him down the merry road to office hell. Let alone the potential for a sexual harassment or toxic workplace charge, Tad is walking a fine line between his own fantasy world, and the rest of the world.
This whole comic book series is about a lonely guy, married, kids, grey corporate soulless job, who is having an increasingly difficult time separating his fantasy life from his real life. It is like watching someone degenerate into madness but doing so with a lot of humor, and little to no violence. Tad never really loses it, but we do get insight into someone who would really rather be anywhere else. If Tad isn’t day dreaming out the million things he would rather be doing, like sleeping with co-workers, exploring strange new planets with his kids, and wondering if his wife is really a space alien. In all this is an interesting decent into madness in comic book format.
The lines are light; the drawing is more in line with Sergio Aragonés than anyone else. True black and white with a soft touch on the pen, that works for this comic book into madness. Has a lighter touch than cuckoo (which has a similar theme), and not a personal story. Rather this is the story of the every man with a soul crushing job, wife, kids, life style, when he would rather be doing anything and living any other life than the one he is living now. This guy should press the reset button on his life, but instead of that, he fantasizes about the many things he could be, even when he is fantasizing about his own suicide. Overall it is an interesting comic book, with mature themes, and an overabundance of corporate life. Worth checking out and reading, but might not be worth owning a copy of it permanently. This is one of those comics that might hit a little too close to home for some, and for others might just be pure nonsense.
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