Furious Wanghammer seeks Angry Awl
So I read Comics Alliance. The other day I stumble across a link (thanks to Eric Trautmann) to the Let's Be Friends Again forum wherein I find an epic discussion thread about comics.
The catch? None of the comics, characters, or creators actually exist. But don't let that stop you from reading because I was literally crying with laughter.
Excerpted for your pleasure:
Post by Alfonso Granito-Byrne
RE: The Next Event Comic
Torris Tanbull dropped off the grid to teach art in Seattle for a minute, and the rumor has it that he flipped out a bit. He started producing underground greatness like SPONGEPLUNGER and PAM LAMB IS ON THE LAM, the latter mistaken for a children's book and ordered in large numbers as part of a No Child Left Behind reading initiative.
Given that Torris was actually producing these things on a hand-crank press in his basement, and probably also due to his rather severe crystal meth habit, the poor bastard broke his wrist trying to crank out (no pun intended) the 78,000 copies that he had already cashed the check for.
Of course, the PAM LAMB book is literally nothing but really violent, exquisitely-detailed barnyard porn from panel one to panel last, so the 1300 copies that actually saw print were promptly shredded, burnt, glued back together and shredded again. Luckily, Torris had already been institutionalized, which is probably the only thing that kept him from a lengthy prison sentence.
He's on MySpace.
By the way, I may have come on a little strong. I do enjoy some mainstream books. Sherm Farley's Frontier Dinocologist series is good, and I'm finding things to like about the current run of Furious Wanghammer.
The genius of the posters astounds me. There's no way I could ever come up with something that good.
So, read. Enjoy. Read read read read read A++++ recommendation.
I would totally read a comic called Furious Wanghammer.
The catch? None of the comics, characters, or creators actually exist. But don't let that stop you from reading because I was literally crying with laughter.
Excerpted for your pleasure:
Post by Alfonso Granito-Byrne
RE: The Next Event Comic
Torris Tanbull dropped off the grid to teach art in Seattle for a minute, and the rumor has it that he flipped out a bit. He started producing underground greatness like SPONGEPLUNGER and PAM LAMB IS ON THE LAM, the latter mistaken for a children's book and ordered in large numbers as part of a No Child Left Behind reading initiative.
Given that Torris was actually producing these things on a hand-crank press in his basement, and probably also due to his rather severe crystal meth habit, the poor bastard broke his wrist trying to crank out (no pun intended) the 78,000 copies that he had already cashed the check for.
Of course, the PAM LAMB book is literally nothing but really violent, exquisitely-detailed barnyard porn from panel one to panel last, so the 1300 copies that actually saw print were promptly shredded, burnt, glued back together and shredded again. Luckily, Torris had already been institutionalized, which is probably the only thing that kept him from a lengthy prison sentence.
He's on MySpace.
By the way, I may have come on a little strong. I do enjoy some mainstream books. Sherm Farley's Frontier Dinocologist series is good, and I'm finding things to like about the current run of Furious Wanghammer.
The genius of the posters astounds me. There's no way I could ever come up with something that good.
So, read. Enjoy. Read read read read read A++++ recommendation.
I would totally read a comic called Furious Wanghammer.