Mark is a contractor, father of two and estranged from his wife. In Off Season, we follow the trials and tribulations of being a father and the challenges of a working class man’s life in contemporary America. It’s set against the backdrop of the 2016 election though that’s incidental as it hasn’t got anything to do with anything. Ditto the fact that everyone’s drawn with animal heads.
Uh huh…? I really don’t know what the point of James Sturm’s latest comic was. I believe that it’s an accurate look at a working class contractor’s life but… why? It’s not an especially interesting life. What were we meant to take away from this? There’s the difficulties of being a parent, the crumbling marriage - ok; so what? It’s such an ordinary and unimpressive story.
It’s a well-made comic. Sturm knows how to tell a story in comics form - the writing and art are both ok - but Off Season is just depressing and pointless. It’s a dull book that I got really nothing out of other than the obvious message that being poor sucks - durr!
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