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Review: Freelance Blues issues 3 & 4

Ian Daffern — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:56:48 +0000

"The shining moments of FLB3 &4 are the brief-but-beautiful interactions Lance has with his sisters in phone conversations cut short, or looking at maps of jobs they have plotted out for him all across the continental U.S.A., bringing the relationship to such genuine and sweet focus that I can’t help but think “what a nice thing for them to do.” A monologue mid-issue 4 that wedges all of Bunkman’s job-hate into an just-ill-fitting-enough-to-be-charming Hamlet homage reminds us that the guy is not just family-oriented, and has enough personal layers that the fact that he keeps on these job quests is a stronger testament to his character than any narrator could have offered."

http://woodenrocketpress.com/2011/12/review-freelance-blues-issues-3-4/

Freelance Blues Reviewed by The Page of Reviews

Ian Daffern — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:00:04 +0000

"Freelance Blues is smart, allegorical and quite in tune with the fact that too few of us get paid for plying our natural talents, even if that skill set extends to killing monsters."

http://www.pageofreviews.com/2011/04/comic-book-review-freelance-blues/

Freelance Blues Reviewed by Wooden Rocket Press

Ian Daffern — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:54:54 +0000

"But the shining light to the story is not the monsters… its Lance. Bunkman (who, fittingly, is born on Labor Day) works any number of these jobs to support his twin sisters through high school, has fought for custody of them after the death of their parents, and teamed with his healthy curiosity and sharp, calculated dialogue, Daffern and Leone have carved a character right out of the likeability handbook, and it completely works in their favour."

http://woodenrocketpress.com/2011/03/review-freelance-blues-issues-1-2-and-the-2-dollar-sampler-issue-zero/

Shock Effect in Comic Book Resources: Robot 6

Ian Daffern — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:50:24 +0000

Shock Effect reviewed a year AFTER the Zuda competition:

"The comic that I would have picked that month, though, was Shock Effect, by John Lang and Ian Daffern. That comic also started off with plenty of action, the but the creators took the time to put it into context. I knew right away that the girl I was looking at was a sympathetic character. I knew that society was breaking down in the face of an alien invasion. More details could be supplied later, but I had the tools I needed to follow the story."

http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2009/06/unbound-why-is-this-dog-exploding/

Shock Effect in the LA Times!

Ian Daffern — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:48:19 +0000

"Shock Effect is about growing up during an alien invasion. We join Alice and her mom as they await a rescue that could lead to the truth behind the invasion itself. Each panel makes me want to make out with my monitor. That sounded strange, didn’t it? Yeah, well, I do, as strange and awkward as it may be. Competitor John Lang‘s artwork is truly gorgeous. Beautiful, clean and all around solid. Alongside its beauty is its equally enchanting writer, competitor Ian Daffern, whose storytelling brings each panel to life flawlessly. I’m dying to know what happens next and yes, I hope it’s picked for truly selfish reasons. "

http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2008/08/07/zuda-web-comics/

The Bookness of the Book: An Interview with Ian Daffern

Ian Daffern — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:44:31 +0000

Published in the Canadian Comics magazine Sequential:

"One regular guy who goes into situations where his bosses are evil, and how does he deal with that? But it wasn’t enough just to have that. He needed a reason to keep going back, and the basic idea of why he keeps going back is his … family."

http://sequential.spiltink.org/?p=5838