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Cagle, Susie – This Is What Concerns Me

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This Is What Concerns Me

If there was a “truth in advertising” award in mini comics. I’d nominate Susie Cagle.  This mini is a collection, of, well, things that concern her.  Yes, it is more interesting than just making a list, as I’m just now starting to get an appreciation for her use of facial expressions, for one thing.  Some things that concern her (without giving too much away) are: smelling like San Francisco, high heels for babies, Obamania, and crackling knees.  Those are from her short lists.  The longer pieces in here include the ordeal vegans must go through to get groceries, Susie slipping on what I’m sure she hoped was a banana peel, surveillance cameras in her neighborhood, and a possible undercover police station.  So let’s see, in this comic you have your funny, your excellent art (OK, some of the poses looked a little odd, but the facial expressions more than make up for it), and your few things that you didn’t know about before opening the comic.  What more could you ask for for $2?

Cagle, Susie – This Is What Concerns Me Presents Remainders

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This is What Concerns Me Presents Remainders

So what, this is the stuff that wasn’t considered funny enough for the other collection?  Or was this just all the awkward (to those of us who have to scan these things anyway) sideways strips?  Either way it’s a solid enough issue all by itself.  Read the review above this for a primer on the concept, this issue deals with such topics as surveillance cameras, the local food chain, dopey (but still dangerous) FBI agents, chastity pants (apparently they do exist), a list of actual school foods and their horrific names, an homage to corn, a handy vegetable recipe, a handier hard cider recipe, and a special Sarah Palin edition of Susie’s recipe column.  Granted, targets don’t get much easier than Sarah Palin, but it always tickles me when small press cartoonists even touch politics.  Not sure why so many of them pay not attention to it all, unless it’s because they’re, well, not paying attention to it at all.  Anyway, this is another mini pile of fun, and I’m not sure where to advise you on how to check out her work.  First the “regular” edition of this series, then this mini for a companion and then Favorites to round it out.  Or you could always be frugal and send $5 for all three… $2

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