Well, Tischman proves me wrong and wraps everything up nicely. The issue ends with a beautiful page from Bond and Hahn—not extraordinary content, just extraordinary execution—and all is right. The characters each get their moment, though I suppose Tischman does have some major pacing issues. He inserts a year into the present action at the…

In an apparent attempt to spite my compliments, Tischman turns in his weakest script. It’s not bad, it’s just not as good as it should be. He finished the previous issue with an earth-shattering reveal… this issue he moves along as though it’s not important. So maybe it isn’t. But by making it unimportant, pretty…

Oh, look at Tischman go—he totally turns Red Herring on its head at the end of this issue. He might have turned it on its head a few pages earlier too, but it’s too soon to tell. This issue does make clear the situation with the aliens. He finally goes close third person with the…

Okay, Tischman’s starting to confuse me. The problem with Red Herring is the narration. It’s this close third person—with a bit of second mixed in—narration and it’s never clear who it’s talking about. The problem is clear this issue, as I have no idea if aliens are real or if they’re just a big business…

Okay, I forgot to mention the alien conspiracy thing. Tischman comes up with this great explanation for Area 51 and so on—well, it seems like he’s come up with one (he might have the little green men show up in the last issue anyway). The U.S. government is so stupid, they were duped by big…

It’s hard, from the first issue, to guess where David Tischmann is going with Red Herring. As it turns out—unexpectedly—it appears to be a comedic political thriller, something along the lines of a national Carl Hiaasen novel (instead of just Florida). Also of note is how little Tischmann seems to care about making the characters…