I’ve been reading Alien Loves Predator for a few years now and I still love it. For those of you who don’t know it yet, the Alien and Predator, who are called Abe and Preston respectively, from the movies of the same name have reconciled and are now roomies in New York. I love that they deal with very mundane things like dating, friendship, annoying family members, apartment hunting. For instance, one of my favorite ones is the one where they discuss a celebrity sighting. Of course they do deal with not so everyday things like their former roommate Jesus (who also plays for the Yankees in ALP-world so you’d think he could afford a better place) and Abe’s mom’s crush on Russell Crowe. In spite of them being an Alien and a Predator, their experiences are mainly filtered through their New York-ness. It’s the Bizarro World, printed version of the mismatched-buddy movie; Abe is the dopey one and Preston is the sensible-ish one. And just when you think it can’t get any crazier Bernie Hou, creator of the comic, pushes the boundries of bizarre a little bit more. He created the ultimate illustration of the big city as a welcoming melting pot to all, even those with an exoskeleton. It’s often un-PC and silly, it even has tags called pee and poo, but it does poop jokes with charm and it always looks amazingly good.