How good is Local? Reloaded

After completing the 12 issues, I’m still unsure how to answer that question… I was quite into it at the beginning but somehow got kind of “bored” and lost my enthusiasm as the story evolved… Basically, it’s Megan, a kind of weird girl who travels the country “just ‘cuz”. She completely sucks socially; her love life’s a mess, her family as well… And every issue, she meets even weirder people that make her go on travelling “just ‘cuz”.

The concept was pretty good, though, as one issue represents more or less a year, which means you get to see her evolving from teenage to adulthood, and one of the latest chapter makes you realize she’s changed quite a bit as she’s confronted to another girl who could have been her a few years back. Yup, that girl is a completely mess as well and she ends up stealing a lot of Megan’s stuff, including the jacket she was wearing at the beginning of the book.

I know what you’re going to say “But you said 1 issue = 1 year so how could someone steal the jacket she was wearing at 17? She must have been around 28 in that issue?? Would someone hold on an old jacket for 11 years?” and I understand your confusion… This is a bit contradictory with the fact that places that actually exist in real life have been used in the book, probably to make readers relate more to the story, make it more “palpable” so why make her keep a jacket for 11 years? So it can be stolen I guess…

All in all, it’s not a bad book, though, I just think I was really excited to read it and I had high expectation as it was “the best indie comic of 2008”, but it just fell a bit short and I feel slightly disappointed. Better luck next time, I guess…? I’m now reading V for Vendetta, what could possibly go wrong with Alan Moore, huh?