Every once in a while there arrives a TV show with an edge, good writing and enough unconventionality that may start with little fanfare but quickly grows into cult status with legions of fans and sometimes flames out after a comparatively short run....

Jhonen Vasquez says he was created in a laboratory. Who are we to argue? He resembles a science project that didn't turn out quite right: shocking hair, black clothing, sneakers that look like space- age climbing boots. But Vasquez isn't a chemically-created mutant....