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However, as the better half of society, we need to recognize this kind of humor will simply be wasted on those knuckle-dragging philistines and buy as many copies of this book to share with those who will truly appreciate it. Not everyone is tickled by the concept of alcoholism or penises (Especially when those concepts are combined). Not everyone laughs at parents openly being disappointed in/not loving their children. The book’s Foreword mentions that this humor isn’t for everyone, which I agree with. It’s one of those comics that are powerful enough to make you laugh out loud despite reading it home alone. This slice-of-life comedy strip relies on irony and vulgarity to bring life’s everyday activities, as well the taboo, to life. And now I’m older, even less mature, and laugh at sex and other people’s pain, thus making Cyanide and Happiness the most appropriate comic to read at this stage in my life. I then became a teenager and I moved on to Zits when it came out, again because I related to it. I personally grew up with Calvin and Hobbes because I could relate to it when I was young. The only comic strips that are even in the public sphere are recycled Garfield comics (yeah, they still print those) that are featured in your local newspaper (yeah, they still print those as well). There’s no longer any love for actual comic strips.

That’s all for now, have a great weekend and don’t forget to say thanks to the internets whenever you see them.Nowadays, when someone mentions comics your mind immediately goes to superheroes and storyline comic books. (Warning: this is graphics heavy so if you’re backwards enough to still have dial-up, ye have been warned) MARVEL COMICS: I would totally buy a Marvel comic that looked like this.īATMAN: This guy loves him. Starlog has an impressive backlog of material – great articles, profiles, interviews and more, and it would be great to see some of that fun stuff online. It’s a subset of the Fangoria website, but they’re just getting started and they have a nice Comics Scene section that looks like it’ll expand over time. Better still, they’re finally back up on the internets. STARLOG: The old fan favorite is still being published (though it’s $7.99 a copy on the newsstand – if you can still find a copy and a newsstand). After you read the interview, be sure to click on over to the Explosm website for greater goodness. You won’t learn much, but it’s good for a couple of laughs. They sent one of their staffers to the recent New York Comic Con and scored an oh-so-brief interview with the guys from Cyanide and Happiness. But the reality is that he’s doing much better than he thinks.”ĬYANIDE AND HAPPINESS: As hard as it might be to believe, The New Yorker has a touch of the hip in them. There is an element of Peter that sees himself a certain way. This guy had more girlfriends than I ever had in high school. Here’s a nice Bendis quote about Peter Parker’s love life: “Doing my initial Spider-Man research, in going back and reading everything, for a sad sack this guy was getting laid left and right. Mostly it’s about his work on Ultimate Spider-Man but there are a couple of detours, including Alias and Jessica’s relationship with Luke Cage. Check ‘em out.īRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS: Paul Morton over at Bookslut has a great interview with Brian. From Peter Parker’s love life to Cyanide And Happiness. The weekend is upon us again and the internets have delivered a bounty of excellent reading. Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials,

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That’s what happens when good comic meets impending TV show.Ĭlick to continue reading Comic Con International 2010: I Was There This was by Friday afternoon, with 2 1/2 more days to go. I asked the guy at the booth about it and he said that they’d sold over 300 hardcovers of the first collection and sold out of all 700 copies of the softcover version since Preview Night. I finally snagged a softcover copy of the first The Walking Dead collection at the Image booth and it turned out to be the last one in stock for the con. I picked up a couple of hard numbers while shopping. Yes, the emphasis on back issues has diminished and there’s a decreased emphasis on the newer stuff and Bud Plant’s booth is smaller, but none of that diminished my overall positive experience. So it’s over and it’s been over for a while and everyone and his overweight uncle with the tattered, too-small X-Men t-shirt has written about it to death. Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Conventions,

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