Eightball and MJG care about theirs, especially their old neighborhood Orange Mound, and MJG remains in the city where he was born. Eightball is mostly in Atlanta, a hub for the music business.

Forget the surreally hilarious horrors of Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron, also seen here for the first time. Instead, consider The Complete Eightball as an object. What an object it is!

I felt like I had perfected the early Eightball style by the 18th issue, the last one I did in that format. I thought I'd get back to it, but it never felt right.