Took a chance on that weird indie comic from a small press in Portland

I was super skeptical about a book called 'The Rusted Garden' from some tiny operation up in Oregon. Picked it up at a con last month on a whim, and the watercolor art and quiet story about a guy fixing his dead lawn just hit me in a way the big two never do anymore. Has anyone else had a random indie title completely flip their expectations?

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willow_ellis4d ago

A guy fixing his dead lawn though? That's the big emotional hook? I dunno, maybe I'm just jaded from years of reading stuff where a lawn being dead is the least of anyone's problems. Watercolor art sounds pretty, sure, but a whole book about lawn maintenance feels like it'd be more of a nap than a story. Give me a comic about a guy's lawn exploding or something, then we're talking.

blake_smith4d ago

Hear me out though, sometimes the smallest, quietest struggles make for the most relatable stories.