Hoofprints

It's surrealism a-go-go in this one shot from the enigmatic Mr. Duff.
A sick and dying alien rides across a desert in search of some distant goal, while in our reality a man passes the time rattling around his house until the post comes. Eventually the two protagonists are seen to be connected and the story comes full circle.
Unfortunately, I have no idea what the whole thing was about! I wanted to like this, as the art is nicely gruesome in a Peter Bagge way, but the whole thing left me going: "Huh?" I think it's a parable about the journey through life, and how hard it is, but the whole thing's so vague; it's difficult to be sure.
Obviously, people don't want to be spoon fed their philosophy, and I'm all for visual poems, but I think a little more was needed to make this work. As self-expression, it's fine. But by putting your work out there in the big wide world, you're making a statement. You're saying 'this is worth your time'. If you're going to do a 'visual poem', (if that's what this is) choosing to draw in cartoon 'bigfoot' style is probably not a good idea, as it detracts from the seriousness of intent. Even if you're a good cartoonist, as Duff is, you have to be able to communicate. It might work better as part of an anthology. On its own, it's just too flimsy.
Pete Doree