Monday, March 14, 2016

Underground Comics

I'm a little late to the game on this blog but after some time and finally catching up on my other class assignments I finally got around to another entry about the "wonderful world of comics"; the underground comics for this week of course. I myself am a big fan of independent comic artists and underground ones too. A personal favorite of mine is The Infernal Pact by Joseph Schmalkes (a local artist in Maine). It deals with a biker gang that gets wrapped up in making a pact with a demon. Their subtitle puts it down simply in the long run, its about "Sex, Drugs, Violence, and Damnation". Now I chose not to re-read The Infernal Pact, instead I chose to look into Tijuana Bibles, Fat Freddy's Cat, and Mickey Meets The Air Pirates.

The comic that I took the most liking to no doubt and hands down Tijuana Bibles! It was just so humorous, and when it comes to pervious, sexual, and provocative jokes I am a big fan! I’m not a fan of limitations to humor. This comic just swept me off my feet. The style is misleading, looking like the mild pin-up art that was common in the 1950s, which honestly added more to the humor. I found it a bit relatable to a degree but that’s private information. Overall it was just really fun to read through and each segment was short sweet and to the point.

To be perfectly honest I thought Fat Freddy’s Cat was a take on Fritz The Cat upon first glance (if you haven’t seen it I recommend it to those who are adventurous in the cinema realm). The further I got into it though it reminded me of some sort of adult parody of Garfield and I think rightfully so since it’s a house cat causing mischief. I can’t say I enjoyed it as much as Tijuana Bibles though, but it was still a nice comic to read.

Speaking from a artistic critical standpoint Mickey Meets The Air Pirates was a little hard to follow. I really did like the art style though! A lot of they styling reminded me of Bone by Jeff Smith. It had crude and provocative humor but again didn’t strike me as well as Tijuana Bibles did. Though the charming style did make up for the humor. I mean I’m sure it was funny for some people but it just didn’t strike a bell with me

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