Too Cool to Be Esoteric?
Photograph by alfredo lietor
Comic books, video games, bubble gum, and lipstick – these are all things I take pretty seriously. Okay, maybe not bubble gum. I have never been much of a gum chewer (I was affected by people who insisted in chewing with their mouths open..yuck). In the past, I have occasionally mentioned my love of video games (including some wrist problems that stemmed from an overload one weekend). You may not know about my lipstick fetish, but hey, I am female – see me paint my lips. And as for comic books, I really enjoy a good graphic novel (the darker the better).
And yes, a comic book is the theme of this Esoteric Saturday, one that is not so dark in its graphic depictions, but of hypnotic interest. It is called Too Cool to Be Forgotten by Alex Robinson. Now I have not actually procured a copy, but I did visit the artist’s website and it offered a selection from the hypnosis portion of the story. It is an amazingly wonderful depiction of a session. The hypnotist has a pretty decent patter and the induction is very familiar. 
But what is really fun is the open panel of what the protagonist is experiencing during the session. Alex uses words (or thoughts in this case) to create a portrait (literally) of the guy. It is both hilarious and extremely realistic.
Hmm, perhaps this warrants a deeper look or at least a conversation with Alex. Stay tuned…
