Originally posted August 16, 2002.
Polished first effort from Swiss scratchboard artist lacks passion but stems from Swiss and German traditions stretching back to the middle ages.
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FUZZ & PLUCK IN SPLITSVILLE #1 (of 4)
Originally posted June 28, 2002.
Ted Stearn’s opening chapter follows the misadventures of a good-natured teddy bear and a cranky, plucked rooster in a cruel, hard-knock world.
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Big DAMN NEWS!
Three-legged squirrel missing, owners upset
Stumpy! Come, back, Stumpy! Oh, what’s gonna happen to pore lil Stumpy!
what the …
I’m With Dick! Let’s Make War!
Something is NOT RIGHT when I link to a smartass culturejammer’s sticker, and then click into Maureen Dowd making the same exact point, with more venom and less wit.
heh heh
Subvert Press: The ‘Thank You’ Sticker
Oh it’s cute.
While I'm in here
Since I’m down in the comix review trenches, I decided to add a category to the blog here which allows me to set up a direct link to the reviews i’m writing for Cinescape, and eventually elsewhere.
So for the next few days, you’ll be seeing a few more links added here. I currently have 25 pieces up over there, not all of them are either comics-oriented or publicly available; they have a premium/freebie content strategy over there so, naturally, I wish to respect that.
Additionally, I’ve had the odd piece rejected over there for one reason or another and this will provide an opportunity to publish them as well.
mmph – I see I have a layout problem to contend with, too. Oh well.
DUH – UNDERWORLD #4
Originally posted October 25, 2001
Underground downtown cartoonist Kaz collects his alt-strips in the fourth volume of the series.
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DIABLO: TALES OF SANCTUARY
Originally posted October 28, 2001.
Cross-licensing yawner provides a couple of momentary technical points of interest.
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DAN AND LARRY IN DON'T DO THAT
Originally posted December 3, 2001
Canadian Dave Cooper explores the uncomfortably intertwined worlds of adolescent sexual self-definition and comics. Icky, but brilliant and thoughtful.
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COMICS, COMIX & GRAPHIC NOVELS: A HISTORY OF COMIC ART
Originally posted July 18, 2002.
British overview of comics history covers new ground, for me.
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