Wednesday, July 11, 2012

The Sanderson Step Sisters Issue 3 - Morning Sickness



‘Okay okay okay okay’
It sounds like something you might say when things are going a little farther than you expected. As in, “Okay okay okay okay, you’re stronger than me. Now let me out of the headlock.” Or,  “Okay okay okay okay, I was just joking about fitting an entire hot dog in your mouth.” I’m not sure is these were the types of situations Okayokayokok was trying to evoke when he chose his pseudonym, but it would make sense if he was.
Regardless, Sanderson Step Sisters, Okayokayokay’s multi-issue pay comic, is the epitome of things going a little too far. In the first issue, an otherwise successful breast expansion spell leads to uncontrollable lactation. In the third issue, one sister glues a diaper onto another as revenge for an incontinence spell.
If the comic sounds crazy, it is, but it’s also a lot of fun in a dark sort of way. Like if Joss Whedon had been on crack when he conceived Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Buffy comparisons are rather inadequate, though, especially for the third issue. When one character drugs another, duck tapes her to a door, and fingers her; things veer away from ‘darkly comic’ and become just plain dark.
Not everyone’s cup of tea, certainly, but not unfamiliar to any transformation fan who’s ever read Tainted Sins or Wandrer. Like Tainted Sins, Okayokayokok is not as concerned with any specific type of transformation (inflation in this case) as he is with the humiliation and degradation of his characters. Which means that ultimately, the third issue of Sanderson Step Sisters is like an intense roller coaster ride: it’s exhilarating, but some might find themselves a bit nauseated by the end.

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