Fun New Comics
I know I should have put this up over a week ago, but I got sick, then busy at work, and so here we are.
So I got to go to Wizard World Chicago two weeks ago, and spent way too much, and proved that I am an irredeemable and colossal nerd once again.
While I was there, I got to meat Jennie Breeden, who was nice, but looks almost nothing like she draws herself in her comic.
And I got to meet Ryan Sohmer and Lar Desouza. They were also nice, and look remarkably like they portray themselves in comic form. I actually was able to recognize Lar on sight because he looked so much like his drawing of himself. It was almost creepy.
I also got to meet Gary Reed, who wrote the first zombie themed product that I ever got my hands on. So that was like getting to meet Santa Claus. Except with more flesh eating monsters.
I also got to see a few new things that turned out to be pretty good.
The first is a comic called Jobnik. This is a brutally honest autobiography of an American girl who enlisted in the Israeli Army. I thought it was a good read, and its worth checking out. I’ve been writing online for a little over a year, and I have never, and probably will never, put as much of myself into anything that I write as Miriam Libicki has.
The next interesting thing I picked up was this bizarre independent comic called Peep Its more or less a documentary about how cute baby chickens are malevolence personified, and then portrays them running amok over an unsuspecting humanity. There’s lots of drawings of adorable cartoon chicks covered in gore. Good stuff.
But the best thing that I picked up was a series called Deep Fried. The creator describes it as Mad Magazine with South Park humor. I just know its one of the few things I’ve ever read that where I was simultaneously laughing out loud and cringing. One of the regular features is a post-apocalyptic version of Charlie Brown which is one of the most inspired bits of comedy that I have seen in a long time.
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July 15th, 2008 at 12:13 am
Yeah, it’s always interesting when you have a semi-autobiographical comic like Devil’s Panties and the author character not only doesn’t look like the author, they’re non-idealized. I mean, it indicates that the author’s self image diverges significantly from reality, but not in a self-aggrandizing way (i.e. Tycho and Gabe both look a lot better than the Penny Arcade creators really do). :)
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July 15th, 2008 at 2:10 am
Was that an intentional typo? Saying you got to meat Jennie Breeden? I vote Freudian Slip myself ;)
Ya know, where what you wanted to do expresses itself in your fingers without your brain noticing :p
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July 24th, 2008 at 12:25 am
If you are as big a nerd as I am, you probably play Dungeons and Dragons… If so you might like the website Looking for Group. It’s like Disney meets Evil incarnate and the laughs insue. Be sure to check out the movie section and watch Slaughter Your World.
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July 26th, 2008 at 3:36 am
Man, I am so consumed with jealousy. The only one missing was Danielle Corsetto!
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