Chris and James discover the raw power of what it means to be a boy in love with another boy. And also what it means to be a Japanese girl. Sorta. We also learn how to suck blood through our finger tips...? And sometimes we forget to reflect light off of our pale, immortal, puerile bodies.

Never ever, however, do we fail to reflect at length on the first volume of Fantagraphics' collected edition of The Poe Clan.

"Well Matthias? Do you like your roses more than me?"