Dear friends,
I have finally begun putting Upheaval Fanzine online. Please check out this blog which features Upheaval #14.
Expect Upheaval #15 out soon on paper and more posts from previous issues on this site soon.
Bands/labels/fanzine/friendshippers people etc. please contact me to have your stuff reviewed. Also, to potentially trade ads, correspond etc.
Thank you very much,
Craig
Upheaval Fanzine
Boston USA
www.upheaval-fanzine.blogspot.com
By Stathis Tsemberlidis
www.decadencecomics.com
Reviewing this silent, dream-like comic is pretty hard. There are no words or dialogue anywhere inside, and the plot is one where events flow into each other with no explanation of what's going on or why anything's happening. My friend thought they might be stuck in Hell. I wondered if the comic was all about how circular life is and how nothing truly changes. One side wins and they become who they were fighting against. Maybe that is Hell.
The comic opens up with a groups of protesters facing off against police officers in riot gear. Part of me really thinks that this is inspired by the riots that happen in Greece fairly frequently. Tsemberlidis is (I'm pretty sure) from Greece, and he is presumably more aware of the events going on there than most people.
After that the comic becomes more metaphysical and mystical, and there are panels that wouldn't feel that out of place in some of Alan Moore's weirder comics. (Actually there are a couple of panels that wouldn't look out of place in a more popular Alan Moore comic either.)
