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Hello, Again

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What is the cost of a heavy conscience? William is about to find out in a very sudden and powerful way. William has a lot of guilt on his head. Some of it warranted and some not. Years ago he and his friends pulled what they thought was going to be an innocent prank on a drunken fisherman down by the docks. They untied his boat and let it drift away...and the fisherman was never heard from again. Now as an adult he's not making life any easier on himself. He's sleeping with Delia, the wife of his best friend, Aaron. And he also feels the guilt, although misplaced, over his parent's breakup when he was just a child after finding his father having sex with the babysitter.

Then one day his conscience crawls out of a hole in the ground for a little retribution in the form of the very same fisherman. People think William is nuts as he argues with the man since he is the only one who can see him. William tries to run, but you can't run from your conscience. William's past sins hit him full in the face and when he cannot dispel this phantom fisherman, he does the only thing he can do...the right thing and finally confronts his demons. Only this will clear the weight from his soldiers and send the fisherman back the hole.

You never know what you're going to get when you open a book from Top Shelf which to me makes them one of the more intriguing comic publishers today. They are so outside the box and doing edgier, non-traditional type things and giving writers and artists a forum that they otherwise may not have. Maz Extes isn't a great artist but his impressionistic style is well-suited to the story he tells in "Hello Again" He communicates a genuine sense of sincerity and pain with William and the fisherman and you feel a great deal of sympathy for William by the end of the story. Very well-done little graphic novel.