#41 - stupid onion tricks (10-97) 



first off, mortimer and chirp are talking about the band saturn 138, evidently arguing about their name, who used some clip art from a cover of mine in a band poster once . . . in fact, about the same time that this comic came out, hence the allusion. i never saw them play, but i did see the covers my friend brady vest of hammerpress created. if you need a cd cover or other high-quality paper ephemera or posters, go to hammerpress, or at least wander by his new leedyville studio, and check it out. brady has been doing my covers for years . . . eventually i shall post some, as soon as i get done with the collections that they are in, and i have to say, he's fantastic. he's won regional omnis for them, fer cripe's sake.

anyhow.

this is one of my favorite comics of the first year, just because the complete insanity of it. nips wishes to plug his toilet with an onion, and then to blow it up. why? why? why not! narrative voice? successful for once (secret onion cam!) action! perspective! useful panelling! not half-bad wash! almost acceptable drawing! this one made me very happy.

the movie in question is saturn 3, starring farrah fawcett, kirk douglas, harvey keitel, and an eight foot robot with attitude, in a performance they will doubtless regret for the rest of their lives.

 


 

 


 
 

Posted: Mon - May 17, 2004 at 07:41 AM             |

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