Pics Or It Didn't Happen

 

I'm reading Dirty Pictures right now and the thing that leaps out at me is how young everybody was.

When I first became aware of Crumb and the gang it was the early 90's, post-Raw post-Weirdo, and all of these guys had been pretty much accepted by the mainstream and entering elder statesmen territory. I think I mentioned it on here before, but the Rick Griffin obituary in Surfer magazine was my first introduction to the world of comix, and by then Zap was firmly in Boomer-nostalgialand.  It's fun to read about all these legends as scrappy young fanzine kids, all trying to emulate their heroes John Stanley, Carl Barks, and The Usual Gang of Idiots.

I'm not looking forward to the inevitable personality clashes and infighting, but for now it's a really interesting look back, well worth a read.

Zombie Nation

 

I'm about halfway through Zombie Coffee by Regis Loisel, and so far it's terrific. I've been waiting to get my hands on this since I first saw untranslated images over on the Fethry Society boards, and so far it does not disappoint. It looks and feels like a lost Depression-Era classic. But don't take my word for it!

Mouse Maestro Review

School Library Journal Review

 

Casty rules.

PSA

 

New Comic Aht is available for preorder!

 

Good stuff over on Instagram today!

 

Mr. Boop rules.

 

"Please revise Poopface"

 

Machete Kills (Me)

 

Now that there's all this new Star Wars content out there, I've been trying to put together my own "Machete Order"  for watching the series. It's harder than I thought.  For one thing, I haven't seen all of it.  For another thing, I'm not sure whether or not "chronological" is the best way to go about organizing the Star Wars saga, or if it's better to look for thematic parallels and such and not sweat the timeline too much.

Anyway, here's what I've come up with so far; your assistance is greatly appreciated.

Essential SW:

• Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back, the Despecialized Editions.
• The Phantom Menace (you know you love it)
• Attack of the Clones
• The Clone Wars cartoons (the boring cgi ones AND the kickass Tartakovsky series, don't sweat the inconsistencies)
• Revenge of the Sith
• Special Edition Return of the Jedi (for the Hayden Christiansen ghost, not the stupid song and dance at Jabba's palace)
• Mandalorian

Advanced Studies:

Work these in wherever you feel appropriate.

• Obi-Wan Kenobi
• Rebels
• Book of Boba Fett
• Solo
• Rogue One (I know people love it, but I can't decide if it's mandatory or not)
• The Disney Skywalker Trilogy

PhD:

Only for the hardcores

• Droids and Ewoks animated series
• Holiday Special
• The Wilford Brimley Ewok shit
• Donnie and Marie
• The Muppet Show
• The Muppet Babies
• Star Tours and Captain EO

I think that's everything.  I'd like to remind everybody that the Expanded Universe novels, comics, and video games are consistently more fun and enjoyable than any of the films or TV shows, and that your Boba Fett figure did NOT have a firing rocket despite how vividly you remember it.

(It's not Sonic)

 

Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers 2022 is pretty good if you like reference humor. 

For all the cameos and Easter Eggs one legit made me shout "HOLY SHIT IT'S ********" in front of my entire family, so I guess that's high praise.