Zine Review: “Words and I Have a Complicated Relationship”, by Flynn Z. Q. Klein
I’m aiming to review a comic or zine every month, and hopefully, you’ll see more of that instead of my aimless ramblings about what I did and did not.
This was my first review, initially published on Zestworld. I chose a small zine that I purchased from the table next door at a comics fair last December:
This little zine spoke to me, and it sounded perfect for my first review. Through beautiful, poetic prose and colourful, evocative drawings, Flynn takes us through his complicated relationship with words and how they often take a life of their own. When he suggests that he doesn’t possess the gift of words, what I’m reading tells me otherwise.
A big part of the zine describes the challenges of speaking a second, a third and even a fifth language while trying to maintain the essence of one’s native tongue. The last page captured the bleakness of it all and left me thinking, being a borrowed speaker of English as well. Do we lose skill by speaking our mother tongues less? Or do we enrich our vocabulary and experience?
Something for you to think about. Quizás.
The beautiful chaining of drawing, text and colour keeps returning to this zine every once in a while. It’s just that satisfying. I’m looking forward to seeing more of Flynn’s work!
This zine and another one, Broken for You (which is also thoroughly wonderful), are available to purchase as a digital download in Flynn’s Ko-fi shop:
And if you’re curious to see more of his work, find him on Instagram @ https://www.instagram.com/flynn_zqk/
See you next time!
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