MUSIC FOR MECHANICS: So every now and then I try to make people read Love and Rockets comics.

This is that time again. I’ve only got two entries here, but if others want to put their two cents in, I’ll print ’em. I want to hook the world.

If you like Flannery O’Connor, you should try “Flies on the Ceiling: The True Story of Isabel in Mexico,” in Love and Rockets vol. 9: Flies on the Ceiling. Every time her letters talk about the Devil, I picture the Devil in this amazing story–genuinely, one of the most frightening things I’ve ever read.

If you like the Missy Elliot song “Back in the Day,” you should try the title story in vol. 7: The Death of Speedy. If even that doesn’t do you for, you should still pick up vol. 11: Wigwam Bam. If you’ve spent years looking for the same day-glo noir you got from the best ’80s music–it was hiding in these comics.