Ellen Mae only looked puzzled; she clearly didn’t grasp the basic thrill involved in this hobby. Alex continued: "My real specialty is modern Mexican paper comics. The fotonovelas , and the true-crime manga-rags, and the UFOzines and stuff. They’re an antique medium in a modern context, and they’re this kind of cool nightmare folk art, really.... I like them, and they’re kinda hard to get. I own lots, though." He smiled.