MYTEK The MIGHTY Volume Four...

Copyright REBELLION

I daresay most of you will know that the fourth book of Mytek The Mighty is now available (and has been for around a week) from Bear Alley Books (see sidebar).  It completes the four volume set of all Mytek strips published in Valiant and if you have the first three, you'll also want this one.  There's an interesting intro/bio on artist Mike Lacey, written with the kind of attention to detail that editor/publisher Steve Holland is renowned for, though I think Mike Lacey's wife Lily deserved to be named in the body of the text (as other members of his family were) and not just as a seeming afterthought in a footnote, but I suppose that's a minor quibble.

One not so minor quibble is the placing of editorial captions along the side of the text as opposed to under the intro's illustrations as it impedes ease of reading, requiring turning the book on its side and back again, which I find irksome.  Sometimes the 'sidenote' is in a separate column and not even next to the illo it's intended to accompany, and when it's near the spine, it's easy to miss if you're trying to avoid cracking said spine by not opening the book too wide.  Steve - stop it!  I don't want obstacles to my reading experience, and these sidenotes I can do without - so stick to proper traditional footnotes.  (Please.)

Having said all that, the book is well-worth the price for the classic strips contained within, and you'll be stoked to have it in your collection.