Tales Designed To Thrizzle

It's funny. Really funny. You'll have to put it down mid-coitus because you'll be laughing so much. And coitus is what you'll be doing because it's just that good.
I snatched up a grab-bag assortment of comics my first visit to Quimby's and issue two of this series (which is only three deep as of now) was one of them. I was told it was funny from a rad employee, but after being slightly disappointed by another of his suggestions I put it off till last. Even so I wanted to give it a fair and honest read so I took it to a place where I could sit, relaxed, and give it my full concentration.
I imagine belly-laughs sound a bit strange coming from the bathroom with the fan on and the door closed, but honestly I couldn't help it. It's pages contain fictional ads for a robot that saves you time by giving your wife foreplay or spanking your child for you, an apiary hat, the forcible and surprise removal of your leaky penis, and a baby doll that proudly announces every deuce.
It's segregated into the sections of adult, children and old people and stories include "I Bothered a Big Fish", Cousin Granpa and the question you can only ask your closest friends - Do I Smell Like a Hobo? It even has a chose-your-own-adventure game.
Apart from it's humor what took me by surprise is that nearly every story, ad , blip, whatever were all drawn in a completely different style and all by one person, Michael Kupperman.
For me that's kind of inspirational. I've read things like Sin City or The Crow where all the writing and drawing was one person's doing, but it was the same style throughout. And while I respect and love the idea of having a "style", the diversity that Kupperman shows is pretty much, kinda awesome.
Now I've read reviews that say this series is the funniest one in a decade or the best thing since Monty Python, but I'm in no position to say such things. Just pick it up, you won't be disappointed. All three issues are available at http://www.fantagraphics.com/cart/ under Comics-contemporary-page 29.


When I get a scanner I'll put a bigger photo up here, but for now that's a robot in the background.

1 comments:

Mike Baehr said...

Hey, thanks for the writeup! An easier way to find it in our online shopping cart is to just do a search for "Thrizzle".