So Buttons #14

Life and Death Written by Jonathan Baylis We’re out of the pandemic, right? I can just be a comix and entertainment industry name-dropper again? I can write stories where I name-drop about meeting James Earl Jones and Chester Brown and Jaime Hernandez?  Oh wait. My comic book dealer of 40 years dies?  Wait, no, my mom has cancer?  She had a stroke?  She died?  (And then James Earl Jones died too.) That’s this auto-bio comic.  * * *  “Probably his most emotionally devastating issue yet; it definitely hit me right between the eyes a few times. “ — Kevin Bramer, Optical Sloth So Buttons is a treat for any comics fan and a valuable teaching device for anyone that wants to learn how to do an autobiographical comic right! — Warren Elliot, Almost Normal Comics  “Jonathan brilliantly evokes the childhood recollection of comics, friends and family.“ —Alastair Black – Daredevils and Warriors “I found the looks at life and death and the celebration of the positive influence Baylis’ mother ha