Sabrina, The Teenage Witch #83
	Story Title: 'Batty Bartholomew' Writer & Artist: Tania Del Rio Inker: Jim Amash Letterer: John Workman Colorist: Jason Jensen Editor: Victor Gorelick Editor-in-Chief: Richard Goldwater Published by: Archie Comics
	Reviewed by: Bruce Logan

This issue of Sabrina: The Teenage Witch was a funny one. Even though still being at my second read of the series I didn't get all the references, I at least got the ones pertaining to the previous (first) issue I read, #78.

As for the story here, it one of those crazy teacher-lost students types. As Sabrina gets a new magic teacher. As to why she needed a new one in the first place, is attributed to the last few issues (post-#78 and pre-this one). Sabrina has withdrawn from magic school  and given her 'special abilities' her aunts decide that it would be better if she is trained by a private tutor (and more importantly away from the eyes and control of the magic council).

After the initial 'serious' setup and barring a couple of close call incidents with both her magical and mortal friends (and classmates) Sabrina spends the rest of the issue meeting and getting to know her new tutor. Drawing inspiration from the legendary Mr. Miyagi, the character of Bartholomew is a short, long haired, long beard & moustached forgetful living in a magical forest recluse wizard. He is clearly the star of the issue for me, a character that I hope to see more of in the future issues.

The art of this issue (and series) is done in a semi-manga style, which means although it has (almost all) the characters not quite looking their ages and having eyes a little too big for their faces, it doesn't have the saucer on a stick bodies or for that matter, the crazy, over-the-top hair styles. Reminding of the animation style of the Teen Titans cartoon series, I'd give the artwork here a thumbs up.

Conclusion: Nice timepasss, continuity references not withstanding.

RATING: 8/10