Chicago Comix Reviews
Alright, same rules as SPACE, I'm including information on Creators, Publishers, and Website Addresses. I'm not including information on Mailing or e-mail addresses. If you happen to have a book listed here and you want people to have more access to your work, you can put more info up on the comments section. If you're reading this and you think you might dig one of these books, drop me an e-mail and I'll try to hook you up. That said, on with the reviews:
-The Disgruntled Avenger- New Year's Special & #8- Exspastic Comics- Shannon Gretzon- The plot appears to be about the adventures of a guy who's not quite in his right mind, puts a paper bag over his head, and fights crime. Except, that nothing actually happens in either of the two issues I read. Instead there's this sort of rambling stream of consciousness thing going on that's rather entertaining in its own right. What's really worthwhile about this book is the artwork, which, for lack of a better description looks like a combination of Ted McKeever and Charles Crumb. A very gorgeous, strange book.
-Dwarfdom #1 & 2- Silent Icon- Jason Slater & Agnes Danielak- dwarfdom.com. A group of five dwarves of varying sexual and ethnic backgrounds, who live in a shoe, get put down too much by us tall folk, and end up going on a rampage. That's right, massive dwarf violence. The story's fairly clever, and the art ranges from not bad to pretty freakin good. The action sequences are extremely well choreographed. Interesting.
-Otaku Blues- Panda Rage Press- Darrick Chen- www.pandarage.com. This is a reprint of Mr. Chen's webcomic. It's nice and funny, using fairly simple art and telling quick, clever little stories. I haven't had time to check any websites yet, but presumably you can find Otaku Blues on the above website. Check it.
-Onward Bound- Panda Rage Press- Darrick Chen, Alysia Robinette, Dustin Baker- www.onwardbound.net. Another book from our lovely neighbors, Onward Bound contains the adventures of Serada Blue, a gunslinging cowgirl in a Fantasy Western setting. Dwarves with Shotguns! Ka-blah! (sorry, injoke) The art on the two stories in this volume is solid, with a serious, heavy grey toned style on the first story, and a more liney, loose style for the second. The best aspect of this book is the setting, which is developed quite nicely in a short amount of time. If these guys keep at it and continue to evolve their world, this book could be something of a cult hit.
-Amazing Adventures of Bob & Hal #10- Mike Ritzenhouse and Tom. An interesting little mini-comic that's a clever character assasination on Redneck life. The main character, Hal, is a trailer trash jerk whose only interest is beer. He wins a beer contest and gets a trip to Japan, bringing along his retarded buddy Bob. Hijinks ensue. Clever, sorta edgy stuff. The art's primitive, but works well with the story.
-Jinxremoving #10- Arpad Crisis- forp.net/jinxremoving. A series of stream of consciousness rambles featuring a cat character that's really just a stand-in for the writer. There's some slice of life stuff, and a ton of movie and comic references throughout. I dug it, but I gotta admit, there were a couple of panels that were hard to read.
-Rocket Girl #1- Pickle Press (Word Up!)- Nik Havert and Jesus Antonio Hernandez- www.picklepress.com. A recent(?) release from our boys over at Pickle Press. The story is set in a superhero world where the lead character falls in love with a superhero, and as a way of getting his attention, has herself transformed into a superheroin named Rocket Girl. Clever writing throughout, but the main thing I've got to throw praise at is the art, which is phenomanal. Very clean, very detailed, very pro. Admittedly, the art is very mainstream, but it's mainstream done right. Great stuff.
-The Disgruntled Avenger- New Year's Special & #8- Exspastic Comics- Shannon Gretzon- The plot appears to be about the adventures of a guy who's not quite in his right mind, puts a paper bag over his head, and fights crime. Except, that nothing actually happens in either of the two issues I read. Instead there's this sort of rambling stream of consciousness thing going on that's rather entertaining in its own right. What's really worthwhile about this book is the artwork, which, for lack of a better description looks like a combination of Ted McKeever and Charles Crumb. A very gorgeous, strange book.
-Dwarfdom #1 & 2- Silent Icon- Jason Slater & Agnes Danielak- dwarfdom.com. A group of five dwarves of varying sexual and ethnic backgrounds, who live in a shoe, get put down too much by us tall folk, and end up going on a rampage. That's right, massive dwarf violence. The story's fairly clever, and the art ranges from not bad to pretty freakin good. The action sequences are extremely well choreographed. Interesting.
-Otaku Blues- Panda Rage Press- Darrick Chen- www.pandarage.com. This is a reprint of Mr. Chen's webcomic. It's nice and funny, using fairly simple art and telling quick, clever little stories. I haven't had time to check any websites yet, but presumably you can find Otaku Blues on the above website. Check it.
-Onward Bound- Panda Rage Press- Darrick Chen, Alysia Robinette, Dustin Baker- www.onwardbound.net. Another book from our lovely neighbors, Onward Bound contains the adventures of Serada Blue, a gunslinging cowgirl in a Fantasy Western setting. Dwarves with Shotguns! Ka-blah! (sorry, injoke) The art on the two stories in this volume is solid, with a serious, heavy grey toned style on the first story, and a more liney, loose style for the second. The best aspect of this book is the setting, which is developed quite nicely in a short amount of time. If these guys keep at it and continue to evolve their world, this book could be something of a cult hit.
-Amazing Adventures of Bob & Hal #10- Mike Ritzenhouse and Tom. An interesting little mini-comic that's a clever character assasination on Redneck life. The main character, Hal, is a trailer trash jerk whose only interest is beer. He wins a beer contest and gets a trip to Japan, bringing along his retarded buddy Bob. Hijinks ensue. Clever, sorta edgy stuff. The art's primitive, but works well with the story.
-Jinxremoving #10- Arpad Crisis- forp.net/jinxremoving. A series of stream of consciousness rambles featuring a cat character that's really just a stand-in for the writer. There's some slice of life stuff, and a ton of movie and comic references throughout. I dug it, but I gotta admit, there were a couple of panels that were hard to read.
-Rocket Girl #1- Pickle Press (Word Up!)- Nik Havert and Jesus Antonio Hernandez- www.picklepress.com. A recent(?) release from our boys over at Pickle Press. The story is set in a superhero world where the lead character falls in love with a superhero, and as a way of getting his attention, has herself transformed into a superheroin named Rocket Girl. Clever writing throughout, but the main thing I've got to throw praise at is the art, which is phenomanal. Very clean, very detailed, very pro. Admittedly, the art is very mainstream, but it's mainstream done right. Great stuff.
2 Comments:
dude, you might check out your link for pickle press, it goes to something that isn't the comic publisher, I did find the page via a google search though.
see you this week. I've got a proposition for ya.
Proposition? Do I hear wedding bells? :)
PS: Tripp, what is your MySpace blog link? I can't get the one i had working anymore.
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