WARNING: ANIMAL HARM.
by Jarrod Jones. When you read about Hairball, the new horror series from Matt Kindt and Tyler & Hilary Jenkins, you get the standard elevator pitch: “Junji Ito meets Hayao Miyazaki meets Stephen King. Cats.” And, I mean, sure. Hairball has elements that evoke those artists, and also it’s about a cat. But Hairball is more than a comic book. It’s a state of mind.
A mind that’s busy pondering things it shouldn’t. Because your life is a mess — no, a disaster — and there has to be a reason for that, right? Not a random, cosmic reason that leaves you feeling cold and frustrated, but an actual, tangible source for all your troubles? Life sucks because… well, because that cat over there in the corner isn’t your friend; it hates you, and it wants you to suffer.
So you pursue this thought. And that thought becomes your biggest fear. This cat is the reason why your parents fight, why you have to live with your aunt for a while, why people are always putting their own private travails aside to make sure you are taken care of. It’s that damn cat lurking around your life that jinxes everything about you. It’s not that you might need help or possibly medication or maybe an extended stay in Vienna or anything. It’s the cat.
In this exclusive preview of Hairball #4, the latest from Kindt’s boutique imprint Flux House, it is most certainly the cat. The source of all the troubles in the world. The more you read into it, the more it becomes clear that cats are responsible for most of the awful things in history. Strife, doubt, war? Sure, war. Egypt and Persia? Totally started because of a cat. Right. Tell yourself that. Tell yourself it’s all because of that hairball over there.
That’s horror. Rough roads ahead.
JULY 5 | 32 pgs. | $5.99
HAIRBALL #4
Words and cover by Matt Kindt.
Art and letters by Tyler Jenkins.
Colors by Hilary Jenkins.
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