$21.95, 272 pages, b&w

MAN IS VOX: Paingels continues the journey through minds and media begun in MIV: Barracudae.

Things are gone. Despite best efforts, mnemonics, multi-referential heuristics and plain stubbornness, things are gone. I have no idea what’s been accomplished. I have no sense of the strategy set in motion. The Beacon’s lesser lights are still with us.

It was easy to pity poor confused Samdy: she was lost, insulated from the normal world by the memories she couldn’t have. Mr. Way, the Husband and the Shotgun Bride tried to reach her; and now they’ve fallen in. Pity the saviors.

Man Is Vox: Paingels is by John Ira Thomas and Carter Allen and is recommended for mature audiences only. Cold Cut Order number is MAVOT02, and the ISBN is 0-9743147-4-9. It, along with MIV: Baraacudae, is available now from Candle Light Press (www.candlelightpress.com). Art, story, script, etc are copyright 2004 John Ira Thomas and Carter Allen. The Fearsome Shade is copyright 1997, John Ira Tohmas and Jeremy Smith. All rights reserved.