Dream Logic
Hardcover | Kindle Edition
Written and Illustrated by David Mack
Dark Horse Comics
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Cover Price: $34.99

David Mack has long been one of my favorite comic creators. I fell in love with his unique storytelling when I first discovered his Kabuki comics in the mid-nineties. The art was breathtaking, not your usual fare of comic art. And while it featured a female protagonist, there was none of the “over the top” sexuality and objectification that so many comics had then (and still have today). Kabuki was a strong, but flawed, woman who was able to shape her own destiny. As it turns out, this character exudes many of the same traits and strengths that enabled David Mack to become the influence he is today. To me, Dream Logic is more than Mack’s first publication with Dark Horse Comics…it’s all about the artist baring his soul to his readers.

Compiling all of the individual Dream Logic comics published earlier this decade, this beautifully hardbound book contains a wide array of sketches, artwork, and new stories. It’s the stories that really wreak havoc on your heart, though. It’s obvious very quickly that Mack had a different upbringing than many of us. He was driven to create, even at an early age. But it’s the tales of a child growing up in less than ideal circumstances that really have a profound effect on the reader. So much of what he has written in this and other texts speaks to his early tumultuous life, only with this book he shows us how he grew past it all, embracing the past to create a better future for himself.