What people are saying about Mayfield Eight:
This comic has been in the works since 2015. Along the way people have spoken highly of it. Here are a few takeaways...
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Colin Devonshire,
Author of By the Time I Get to Dallas. What I love more than anything about [Mayfield Eight] is that it is made with a ton of love and attention to detail, you did so much to immerse us in the time and place. You may think it’s grindhouse pulp, but the truth is the story has an enormous amount of heart, going 200 beats per minute hopped up on fear, cocaine and lust.
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Amelia Chiffon Romero,
Author of Mythfall. The story in Mayfield Eight is really tight, with the suspense mounting after every twist and turn. As a writer, frankly, it’s inspirational. Visually, I enjoyed how the bright, vibrant colors of the art enhanced the gritty, grindhouse action scenes. Especially important for serialized media: it sticks the landing. No spoilers, but the end of the series is profoundly satisfying. Since it’s a limited run, it’s easy to pick up the whole thing and enjoy a well-told and complete story.
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Carla Vazquez,
Contributor for A Place to Hang Your Cape. Chaos is inevitable and our main character must go on the run where he encounters strangers that want to either help him or kill him. Overall, there are elements of Mayfield Eight that feel like one of those classic Spaghetti Westerns. And they might not be for everyone, especially kids, but this is an exhilarating, tense story that should entertain a lot of readers.
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D J Stewart,
Contributor for World Comic Review. Mr Larsen’s copy for his title reads, "Summer 1974 Albuquerque. On the anniversary of his father’s death -and the day he was born, 17 year old Calvin Ryder is propositioned by a friend to go on a road trip to Mexico. Along the way he needs him to take part in a drug deal. Stuck in the crossroads of a life going nowhere, he has the choice to play it safe, or plunge into the unknown." Boredom and a vaguely formed desire for sex motivates Calvin. Bone-white desperation will certainly replace that in the second issue. It remains to be seen whether his father’s bad luck is an inherited trait.
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Kristian Horn,
Host of the podcast Part Time Fanboy. Tim Larsen is a comic creator whose comic book Mayfield Eight is an ass kicking, hog riding, chain slinging throwback to the biker gang grindhouse movies of the late sixties and seventies. Each issue of Mayfield Eight is a love letter to an era of independent movie making and story telling that kicked the doors down on the conservative rules that surrounded popular media until a certain point in the latter half of the twentieth century.