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 This week's feature:
Suzy
by Richard O'Brien &
Bob Vojtko
Richard O'Brien has written gags for comedians Woody Allen, Joan Rivers, Victor Borge and many others. He's written almost 40 books and sold ideas to a number of gag cartoonists. From 1979 to 1981 he wrote the syndicated comic strip Koky.
Bob Vojtko is a long-time gag cartoonist whose work has appeared in dozens of magazines including Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Reader's Digest, Harvard Business Review, Nickelodeon, and Woman's World. He was assistant to Tom Batiuk on the John Darling comic strip in the 1980s.
In 1984/85 O'Brien and Vojtko developed Suzy, a comic strip featuring a pre-adolescent girl growing up in the mid-1980s. Universal Syndicate was initially interested, but ultimately passed on the strip. The strip was purchased by a syndicate that sold primarily to overseas weekly. OBrien and Vojtko produced about six months worth of dailies and Sundays, before they eventually ended the strip. Sales were low, but it was never clear if it was due to a lack of interest from editors or from lack of adequate marketing from the syndicate.
Fortunately, the full collection of Suzy comic strips is now available in a softbound book through Ramble House Books on Lulu.com. For the next several weeks, MF.com will feature a few of these rare comic strips along with a little background information.
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July 26: All Hands on Deck
Backstory
Suzy of course, is the star of the strip. She's a little girl that's way older than a toddler, but not quite a teenager yet. She watches too much TV (remember this is 1985, before the triple double-u) and has begun noticing boys, her appearance, and the trends and political climate of the day. Recurring scenes with Suzy include receiving letters from a secret admirer, wasting time watching television, babysitting Helmut, fantasizing about Freddy the fibber, comparing herself to Prissy, and dreaming of being President.
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 This week's reviews:
Funny Times
edited by Susan Wolpert & Raymond Lesser
It feels like a newspaper. It's tabloid, printed on newsprint, and newsy. But it's monthly, folds up to 8.5" x 11", and reads like a magazine. Whatever it is, the unique Funny Times is a breath of fresh air in today's media-manic world. As the lead-in states: We're Living In . . . Funny Times, and this humor zine provides welcome satirical commentary on all things political, pop cultural, and contemporary.
Funny Times unfolds to tabloid-size (like an old issue of Rolling Stone), and is literally packed with stories and cartoons by the best humorists in the country. Stories by Jon Winokur, Garrison Keillor, Lenore Skenazy, Dave Barry, Bil Lepp, Andy Borowitz, Greg Tamblyn, Brandon Daynorowicz, and Ray Lesser. Cartoons by Lynda Barry, Bill Griffith, Matt Groening, Nicole Hollander, Keith Knight, Harvey Pekar, Scott Nickel, Dan Pararo, Ted Rall, Jen Sorensen, Tom Toles, Dan Wasserman, and at least two dozen more.
At 24 tabloid pages, it's really 48 pages of magazine-size content for a mere $2.95 off the rack, or incredibly, $2.08 an issue via subscription. Check out their website for more information and don't miss their eCard page or the cartoon playground.
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 Tim Corrigan's
Comics & Stories #21-23
Longtime small press comikers Larned Justin and Larry Blake teamed with Corrigan to create a fun-loving, slapstick western series that spans three issues of TC's Comics & Stories. Justin and Blake wrote the story and Corrigan drafted the artwork and lettering.
A group of traveling country western minstrels mosey into Melodyville and soon find themselves smack dab in the middle of a bank job. The yarn is packed with goofy characters, rip roaring one-liners, and a stampede of miscommunication that keeps the story twisting and tumbling in new directions.
All told, it's an entertaining 27-page saga of screwball cowboy logic rounded up by a veteran team of small press comic creators. Corrigan's artwork shines and is consistently strong throughout the series. A couple of issues include backup features written and drawn by Corrigan: A 2-page Marvin Ferble (#21) and a 4-page Mightyguy (#23).
Tim Corrigan's Comics & Stories #21-23 are 12 pages each with b&w interiors and full color covers. The covers are printed on slightly whiter paper than the inside pages. Single issues are $1.50 each, 12-issue subscriptions are $15 and delivered monthly. Corrigan is also available for hire at the value-packed rates of $10/page for cartoon style and $15/page for full figure style. Drop him an email for more information.
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 July 19, 2008 Blog Entry
Midnight Ramblings
The Cloak
In the late 1960's many of the stories from monthly Marvel and DC comics were being reformatted and reprinted for weekly comic magazines and newspapers for readers in the UK. One of the tabloid weeklies was called Pow and Wham. In addition to the reprints of the Fantastic Four and Spiderman, the title also included original comics by English cartoonists featuring wacky characters like Sammy Shrink and Georgie's Germs.
A good friend of mine took a trip across the pond one summer and brought back three issues of the title. For me, one feature made the whole comic worth buying. In fact, the first time I saw it, I was an instant fan. It was called The Cloak. Each issue included a two page segment of a longer story. Mysteriously signed MIK, I learned years later The Cloak was created by cartoonist Mike Higgs.
Over the years I've searched the web from time to time for more information about The Cloak and/or Mike Higgs. There was never really much out there until I chanced upon a fabulous post by cartoonist Lew Stringer on his blog. Cloak fans rejoice, this is golden! Stringer also includes some wonderful posts about English fanzines of the 1970s, so check out his archives.
 Tranny
Indie cartoonist Steve Lafler has a new book called Tranny scheduled for release in Sept. In Tranny, Fiona Mallratte provides a $99 Drag Makeover for those times when boys will be girls. MF.com will provide a review of the new book at release, but if you're anxious for more of that transformational funny feeling right now, check out Fiona on YouTube. Probably not safe for work . . .
Daniel Merlin Goodbrey
Comics Reporter Tom Spurgeon interviewed Daniel Merlin Goodbrey last Sunday. Goodbrey is collaborating with Sean Azzopardi on Necessary Monsters, which runs online here.
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I just love the cartoon Hunt Emerson did for this year's MF desk calendar. Mr. July has been busy this month expanding his website. In the news section you can preview the beautiful cartoon illustration he's just completed for the first day cover of postage stamps celebrating Air Shows. Plus he's added nearly a dozen new titles to the Largecow Shop!
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Bug Infested Comics #5
Bob Vojtko's indie-fatigable Bug Infested Comics is back at last with its fifth issue! This mini-comic is a limited edition, printed in full color on heavy-weight matte paperstock.
• Cover jam by Bob Vojtko and Richard Krauss
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5" x 6" full color mini comix by R. Krauss. 16-pages including cover. Signed and numbered limited edition printing of 100 copies.
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