Flash forward to this year (2020) and Barry has a new comic
out, It Ends Badly; a comic spotlighting a couple who
(apparently) have some sort of supra-natural powers which are never actually
explained in this first issue (not even a big deal, as it turns out, as the
story being told is really quite engaging.
Briefly, this issue contains five stories: a main tale, as
well as two back-ups. The first story is the eponymously titled Rachael,
Albert & Nic. As the tale opens, Albert has been burnt nearly to a
crisp (after apparently scamming someone out of his money) but is — oddly
enough — still walking around. Rachael (his friend) has determined to get even
with the guy who shot and set Albert on fire (Nic), so she gets all tarted up
and heads down to the seedier part of town to search for Nic.
The final four stories are comprised of a two-pager and a
trio of three single-page stories entitled The Many Faces of Satan, High,
Sorrow, and Somebody. Of the three, the first is interesting as
it “identifies” several incarnations of Satan (from the Catholic Church, Rock
‘n’ roll, politics); High deals with a couple who have spend their lives
“self-medicating”; Both Sorrow and Someone each deal with personhood.
The issue does show promise, especially with the first tale
as it indicates that there is some seriously twisty background going on with
the storyline, and that honestly intrigues us, and we’d be interested in seeing
more issues. Needless to say, the back-up stories were also fascinating, and
more of these would also be appreciated.
If you are interested in acquiring a copy of your own, you
can reach out to him and send him $4.00 at southworthb01@gmail.com.
