The visual storytelling reads easily, yet he still sometimes does without a panel and succeeds. One scene in My Favorite Roadshow takes place on a bus, where an appropriately placed pole creates the illusion of a panel border when, in fact, the cartoonist has fit multiple images in one panel. Not using panels is a remarkably difficult technique, and few cartoonists can make it work, Price included among them. Price s manipulation of the medium itself is what makes the book unique. For example, Price will put boxes around the eyes of Tim s audience at the Improv, giving each face individuality, timelessness, and accentuating it in such a way as to provide a visual foil for Tim s narration.
Price does the same thing with mouths.
What he is ultimately able to do is to create symbols without sacrificing his detail for line. More than Tim s character, Price s manipulation of the medium itself is what makes the book unique. The other two stories in this small collection are worth a laugh or two. The work is quite powerful and worth a look. Recommended Paul Hanna is Reviews Editor of PopImage.