Comic Book Encounters: Hard Time Season Two

Let’s do a spurt of Comic Enounters, shall we? Starting with:

Hard Times Season 2 No 1, Steven Gerber and Mary Skrenes

Of the similarities between public high school and maximum security prison:

Run-of-the-mill Brutality: check.

Casual Sexual Assault: yep.

Covert Drug Abuse: Hell yes.

Callous, Angry inmates: Uh-huh.

Corrupt and Indifferent Figures of Authority: Totally.

Crumbling infrastructure: Of course.

Ethan was bullied in high school. When his best friend violently retaliates, Ethan ends up in prison. It is not, as it turns out, a remarkably different experience. The series ended in 2006, but it seems worthwhile to read the scant few back issues.

More comics to follow within the next 24-48 hours.