Nancy

Jesus Christ. How come nobody told me about Nancy comics? Actually, wait a sec, they did. Art Spiegelman and all those other comics academic types never shut up about them. Anyhoo, I finally read some the other day and they are really really awesome.

Here are links to recent Nancy posts on a couple of blogs:

Golden Age Comic Book Stories

The Big Blog of Kids' Comics

Offal Funnies: Dermot's Pimply Peccadillo

Carnivorous body pillows + Arnie

Yikes!

I've been developing a comic for the last year or so that I've tentatively called Derrick and Daan. I Googled the name this morning to make sure that nobody else was using it, and am happy to report that it's still up for grabs. I did however find this.

p.s. I'm gonna refrain from commenting on the content of the image, but Christ! could they have made the text any harder to read??!

TV Doodles + monster post-it

More rudeness

Completely crude and stupid, I know, but this week's "New Characters Parade" comic by Johnny Ryan had me in fuggin' stiches.

NSFW Lipsync

A bit of rough Flash animation I've been picking away at.

The audio is from an actual sermon by Reverend Willie Wilson. If you haven't heard it, you can check it out here.

As usual, folks, I'd love to get critical feedback, so don't shy away from comments!

Joe Matt / Christmas Comix Roundup (?)

I guess I was a bad boy this year, because I only got one comic book for Christmas. It's a real gem though: Joe Matt's The Poor Bastard.

Joe Matt does autobio comics somewhat in the vein of R. Crumb. They're mostly about his financial and romantic troubles and his addiction to porn. He depicts himself as kind of a jerk and a lowlife, which some people find off-putting, but I find him hilarious. Infact, he is one of the handful of cartoonists that make me laugh out loud.

Here's a link to his Myspace, and here he is at Drawn and Quarterly, where you can read exerpts of his books.

Oh yea, and I outright stole the idea for the Marginally interesting facts about me strips below from one of his early Peepshow strips.