Perfectly Normal - Slight but amusing collection short strips. The best (and longest) details Bill Gates as he daydreams of his golden robot in the desert. There's promise here. Andy Stanton, 16 Francis Road, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 2ST or email a_j_stanton@hotmail.com. UKP1, 8pgs
NW2 - A man, a woman, a talking cat, and a shared domestic setting. Ah, comic (and indeed comedic) staples for generations past, and no doubt for generations to come. You've got to work pretty hard to do new things with those ingredients. Anna Chapple does work hard – interspersing humour with political rantings, using the cat as a kind of sarcastic Snoopy-cum-Greek-chorus and presenting it all with clear, neat artwork. Does she work hard enough? I can't help feeling it'd be easier to decide if these stories were all a bit longer than a page. Anna Chapple, Flat D, 145 Dartmouth Road, Willesden Garden, London, NW2 4EN. UKP1, 8pgs