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de Wylfin, Richard – This Comic Book Must Be Destroyed #0
This Comic Book Must Be Destroyed #0
OK, first things first, this comic is a part of Shiot Crock #11, done by many of the fine folks over at The Comics Journal message board. Not sure how much this costs as a package (haven’t been able to find it on the message board yet but will post it when I do), and I’ve decided to review it comic by comic instead of in one big clump, mostly because having a grab bag of comics that I can reach into each day without knowing what I’m going to get is one of my favorite things in the world. OK, now onto the actual comic. This is mostly a parody of Seth, Chester Brown and Joe Matt, and it’s mostly hiliarious too. Useless to you if you somehow don’t know who those people are, but incredibly funny if you do. Some of those facial expressions were just spot on, very well done. The Joe Matt character wants a rare comic and volunteers his friends to help him out, and they end up… ah, why ruin it, you already know if you’re interested or not, and if you are you’d probably like to see what happens for yourself. It’s funny and nails these people on some pretty easy things, what more do you need to know? Oh, and here’s that message board, in case you want to check out who else is in this thing and/or just want to talk about comics…
de Wylfin, Richard – Foxes and Grapes #1
Foxes and Grapes #1
I’ve read and liked a few anthropmorphic comics in my day. Omaha the Cat Dancer and Hepcats come to mind immediately, but the field kind of narrows after that. This one is about a family of foxes who are living in a normal neighborhood. No one knows who they are or why they got there, but they’re the only family of foxes living in the U.S. Makes me wonder how there’s ever going to be another family of foxes, but I digress. The story in this one is just the youngest son wandering around imagining things, which isn’t as bad as it sounds. At least it’s a different idea, sort of. His art has improved over the years (I got a copy of an older book of his at SPACE too), but there are still a few side looks at things that are a bit off. He needs to work on his lettering too. If you’re going to spend that much time on the art (and some of the cross hatching tells me that he spent a long time on it), then why rush the lettering? Overall, not a bad book. I’m curious to see where it’s going, but I probably won’t order any more unless I see him at another con. Go to his website to see what’s up, e-mail him, or just go ahead and send him a couple of dollars at: 3800 Woodmere Way Bloomington, IN 4740 (I’m guessing that he forgot a number here, I’ll find out what it is when I can).
