In Tongues Illustrated (http://www.jtdockery.com, B&W, $40) comes at one wielding its illusive classification — art object? comic? album? book? — like a sword-swinging, Kali-armed assassin. Its aim is not dismemberment, though, but the re-tailoring of minds.
Unbound by anthropological accuracy, V. T.Hamlin’s Alley Oop — a shaggy-maned, slangy, prehistoric roughneck — began his adventuresome existence amid the rocky landscapes of Moo: unrelated to the undersea sister city of Atlantis. Oop rode his pet…
Published by Eros Comix
Original series was four comic books (Birdland vol. 1 #1-3, vol. 2 #1), 1990-1991
Expanded version (Eros, 1992) contains 15 pages of new material, including the one-page strip, “Tierra de Pajaro” from True North…
Ball Peen Hammer:Â Adam Rapp, writer & George O’Connor, artist;Â First Second;Â 142 pp., $17.99;Â Color, Softcover;Â ISBN: 9781596433007
“At first I thought he was writing scary stories, but Curl looked in the book and she…
A lot of lowbrow art, from Robert Williams on down, leaves me cold. The slickness can be off-putting, and the kitschy cultural references get old fast. But really, the main problem is simply the glibness. The surreal juxtaposition of a…
