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Baumann, Suzanne – Turtleneck Boy #6
Turtleneck Boy #6
Well, technically you could say that Suzanne is mostly just the editor of this comic, but you know what I mean by that header. Hey, you could be in the next issue of this if you wanted: make a 1-4 page comic (sized to fit in a mini), and include Turtleneck Boy in it. Everything else in the story is up to you, and Suzanne puts these out approximately every time she gets enough stories to do so, so why not make a tiny comic and send it to her? It’s not like the art has to be immaculate or anything, as at least two of the stories in here were very minimalistic. So how about the stories? Suzanne has that awesome cover (I like her back cover even better, but I’m not giving it all away for free here) and a couple of short pieces in back, neither of which have Turtleneck Boy in them. Is that legal, to skip the requirements for your comic if you’re the editor? As far as I know there are no police for such matters, so it is apparently allowed. Other pieces include Erich Sundermann with TB’s (I’m shortening it from now on) depression, Brien Wayne Powell with a cranky TB, Todd Swanson with a slightly more hopeful take on the character, and Aaron Trudgeon has a meandering piece that wanders into all sorts of things in a few short pages. It’s a pretty good mix up pieces, although I am struck by the fact that I didn’t get anything that was JUST from Suzanne at SPACE this year. That’s what I get for only stopping briefly and asking for her new comics instead of my usual leisurely browsing. $1
Trudgeon, Aaron – Anti-Matter Zine #1
Possibly not his actual Myspace page, but too good to pass up
Anti-Matter Zine #1
How disappointing. Not in the quality of the actual comic, as it was probably a little better than The Face on Mars (and scroll up there and read the review if you don’t know what I’m talking about). There’s just no kitsch value in this one. What you have here is a pretty basic comic about… making a comic. Except it’s called a “zine” throughout, but that just depends on which word you want to use. And I’m still not sure if Aaron did this one too or if it’s a bunch of people doing these Ancient Wisdom comics, so if anybody has any clue please let me know. Anyway, it’s tiny, it’s cheap, and the contact info is the same as above if you’re curious, but I was very bored with this one.
Trudgeon, Aaron – The Face on Mars
Possibly not his actual Myspace page, but too good to pass up
The Face on Mars
This comic reaches a whole new level of absurd. I have a few things from him from SPACE and the other two are pretty bad minis. He seems to idolize Matt Feazell, which is fine, but you have to have a story in there somewhere. I was going to review one of those books and mention how random it was and the fact that you can’t even read some of the chunks of text because the copies are so bad, and then I ran across this. It’s his theory of why there is a face on Mars, and it’s a doozy. The mini actually has very little to do with Mars and a lot more to do with the Bible and the ark. I’ll bet you didn’t know that there were dinosaurs on the ark, now did you? And that they were called dragons by primitive cultures? It’s funny because most Bible-thumpers that are strictly literal in their interpretation say that fossils were put there by SATAN to trick us. This guy insists that not only were they real, but they all traveled during the “great flood” on the ark. Oh yeah, they were babies, that’s how they all fit. I guess all that evidence about them never existing side by side is a hoax. This book is $.50 and, honestly, worth it. If you’re one of those people who doesn’t mind occasionally laughing at people and not with them, this is for you. I haven’t read anything this ridiculous in years. If anybody out there has read any of the old Jack Chick comics, you know what you’re in for here. You can write him at: P.O. Box 24894 Detroit, MI 24894. Here, read the part about the dinosaurs for yourself. Just try not to buy it after you do…
