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Byrne, Bob – Mbleh! #2

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Mbleh! #2

Here I was, all set to write a review about this wonderful comic when I saw an ad for Big If books at the back of his comic, and they have a quote from me in their ad! It’s a stupid thing that I said, true, but it seems to suit their purpose. Anyway, this is another funny comic from Bob Byrne. He he, “Daddy bag”… Anyway, there are all kinds of stories in here. The biggest one of the bunch is about a small child who craps gold, but the gold only lasts a little while. Eh, I probably gave too much away already. There’s also a great story about a man on his day off, to which I can sadly relate. That’s before I had the website, of course, because now I spend all my free time on this. All of it! Anyway, buy this. If I thought even a little bit that the first issue was slightly uneven, he has all the bugs worked out here. Funny and insightful from start to finish, and he has some of the busiest art that I’ve seen. Meaning, for those of you don’t know, that there are all kinds of things to study in those panels. Background characters, facial expressions, store signs (my favorite on the first read through was “Hardcore Prawn”… Just buy it! If nothing else, you have to be curious to see the quote they pulled from my review, right? Sorry about the crappy scan again. Anybody out there know how I can get rid of that stupid zipatone effect, seeing as how it’s not in the comic at all but shows up in my scans? You do all know that I hardly know anything at all about computers, right? If not, my cover is blown…
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Byrne, Bob – Mbleh! #1

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Mbleh! #1

Here’s the first of what I hope to be many solo books from one of the fine contributors to Toenail Clippings. If you’re been reading this page for any length of time you know that I think that’s just about the best ongoing anthology out there, and Bob was one of the big reasons for that. It feels like a lazy review to just say that you should really discover everything about this for yourself, but it’s true. OK, I’ll tell you a little bit about it. Grated cheese, pubic hair, hookers with one arm, mature poodles, aliens, shrink rays, and brainy ants. Did I mention that that’s just the first story? I usually just casually mention the website too, but let me tell you that you should really head on over there. If you wonder at all what the guy is all about, there are all kinds of samples over there. I’m talking twenty pages or so of his comics, so you’ll have no excuse not to buy some of his stuff after seeing that. Really, Bob was one of many favorites from the anthology, and he’s done nothing but raise my opinion of his work with this comic. I’m not sure of the conversion scale to American dollars, but I’m sure he’d be OK with it if you sent him $5 for the first issue. It’s probably a little cheaper than that, but better safe than sorry, right? Sorry the sample looks like crap, my scanner just couldn’t handle it for some reason. Luckily there’s plenty of stuff that looks great on his website…