Archive for the ‘Glamourpuss’ Category
Or – “Sir, I Protest! I Am NOT A Merry Man!!!”
Once again, we’ve come to the situation where Stately Spoilers Manor contains far more comics than there are days to review ‘em, leading once again unto the Final Frontier… NUQNEH – NOOKNEHH! Phasers on summarize!
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Or “Puzzling… Intriguing… Entertaining… A Little Infuriating… Must Be Dave Sim.”
Most of you, our Faithful Spoilerites, are too young to remember the black and white independent comics boom of the 80’s, a time when the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were more than a color-coded merchandising phenomenon, where being able to actually draw wasn’t really a prerequisite, a time when having a unique artist’s perspective was not only not uncommercial, it was practically de rigeur. It was a time where names were made and reputations created, a time which really and truly changed comics as we know them (for good or ill.) One of the reps coined during this time was that of Dave Sim, the guy who drew that cute Conan parody with the aardvark. Now, two decades on, the aardvark is gone, the “funny animal parodist” perception has been forever altered, and Dave Sim is back with something truly unique…
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