Hey All, You know sometime you at times come up with an idea of what you may want to write when your are a creative person and right now I have a for the first time in long time I am finding it hard to come up with the words for this very comic review, not because it isn't because of trying to find my way to talk about a non superhero/science fiction/horror themed background of this one at all, but because this one sorta hits home with one priticular panel that I will be sharing. I will and you will know it trust me! Okay with my little percusor out the way I feel safe with starting my overall review of "Grommets" that is published by Image comics and is written by comic creator Rick Remender and Brian Posehn and is illustrated by Brett Parson. "Grommets" is a story that was seven issues of growing up in the nineteen eighties and trying to figure out these two characters named after the writers and their experiences or what they wanted to have their lives be like? It's about trying to find a way to bound with a given in crowd. There are a lot of nineteen eighties references between Rick and his father as seen here
in the opening page of the first issue! Now before going any further for a moment in the bottom panel the father mentions as they are rushing from the little coffeehouse or very small local mini mart which is more likely for in the eighties.... "First on the list, a three-way with Loni Anderson and Sally Field Ha!" places this around the end of W.K.R.P. in Cincinnati which ended in 1982 and around the same time when Sally's new film "Smoky and the Bandit" was in theaters about 1983. Yet how the whole part about seeing Anderson name in a certain time frame right now brings a tear to the eye if you haven't heard that just last week she passed away. We learn that it seems hard for Rick to as I said before to find new friends except for his long haired buddy Brian. Then the two are with Brian's granddaddy in his vehicle heading out to
a certain California stake park. We find out that Rick is a true nerd in his own way besides liking to be cool with Brian at loving to flipping boards he also loves as seen here when he is waking up in his own bedroom that he has a thing about comics 
by that incredible hulk poster on his wall behind him. Throughout the rest of second issue we see the beginning of tensions between Brian and his mother besides his fun times with his grandfather from the first issue. An we see that both Rick and Brian find some gals that love to tear it up with broads then after having grub at a certain taco joint they go to a car garage to have a fantastic dare among their age group. 
and her name happens to be Samra, an her characterization is that of a young teenage gal of that given decade. She even asks Rick if he is a wild boy while they both seem to be watching a Duran Duran video on of course MTV. Rick then learns from his father that the family will be moving to another state just as he realizes he has it going good with his set of friends and now that happens...Meanwhile... Brian has been at his grandfather's place getting a party together that he's been so eager to have to show his friends just how cool he really is! Rick happens to come over before the beginning of this party to talk to Brian about his ordeal to find that another big personal thing is going on
The party is suppose to be the stake geeks which happens to include Samra as well as the two Jennifer's in the story too. After having some unintended guests at the party things go from bad to worst. By the series end both Rick and Brian find even greater value and challenges but not in California but rather in Arizona! For a non superhero type of comic tale this story is full of great nods of the nineteen eighties even if I didn't get to be so darling in my own way of growing up in the eighties.... I still enjoyed my way of being able to be kind to everyone I knew from back in that time of growing up! If you are wanting to look for Grommets for yourself here is what the cover
looks like.
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