"Poofs only issue"
At times I feel I review too many of Ralphie's comics & am too close to them to be objective in my assessments. I like Ralphie's work a lot - it makes me laugh - which is a rare & precious commodity.
So - in the effort to maintain some objectivity I showed Giant Clam to a few of my work colleagues. Granted this is not exactly a wide demographic - they being male & under 30, but thinking about it - if I stood in a street proffering this comic to random people I might end up coming to the attention of the authorities.... This comic seems to have good reason to be kept on a high shelf at home, so that the kids do not see it.
On viewing Bob Byrne's contribution to this issue one colleague declared, "That's sick!" - after he had stopped laughing that is - he is a sick little puppy himself.
A selection of other comments are:
"Brilliant"
"Hilarious"
"Really funny"
"The Biscuit Man one doesn't work so well."
"That Black Dog of Depression is good. "
And finally: "It's too early in the day for that kind of stuff - "Dust laughs at us" - I dunno..." ...this being from the afternoon shift arriving at 2:00 in the afternoon?
There was also some marveling at how so much expression could be imbued into so few lines.
I didn't bother to show the comic to one of the other lads - as, well - he doesn't seem to like comics at all - which is probably sensible, I guess...
So - what am I to conclude from these observations?
Well - oddly - that I am right - that Ralphie does create good funny comics that have a certain amount of universal appeal - really - honest - that's my official scientific view on the subject - & if you don't like these observations you can just fuck off!
OK?
good.
mooncat