Man, suicide is never an easy subject to broach. Orlok is not suggesting that this strip needs to go all 13 Reasons Why, but there is some sensitivity here when it comes to cancelling one’s own cheque. In the world of the Big Meg it seems that suicide is illegal at this juncture (though try prosecuting that one, chinface) and there is no getting out of the city either dead or alive. That’s a depressing thought known only to a few. Mainly the people of Humberside…
DATELINE:
February 2104 (Daily Star).
WHO’S RESPONSIBLE?:
John Wagner and Alan Grant with Ron Smith.
WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT (IN ONE SENTENCE)?:
A leaper throws himself from an overzoom.
WHO’S THAT IN THE HELMET?:
Judge Owen multi-tasks by performing an arrest and reporting on the leaper’s descent.
ANY LAW LORE?:
H-Wagons have cling nets.
WHAT THE DROKK?:
The H-Wagon featured here is a tiny two seat version for some reason.
WHAT’S THE ART LIKE?:
The layouts are lovely here and you get a scale of the multi-levelled city and how packed in it is.
HOW MANY LINKS?:
Three.