DENIZENS OF DEEP CITY #1 December, 1988 Doug Potter’s short-lived DENIZENS OF DEEP CITY was an entertaining, surrealistic romp through the urban landscape. While the series did have an ensemble cast, any given issue might focus more primarily on a single new individual, relating their mundane-yet-extraordinary experiences through a strange, hallucination-like haze. In the case … Continue reading BHOCOS: DENIZENS OF DEEP CITY #1
2014 Note: There was an entry for FANTASTIC FOUR #29 at this point, but the text of it has been lost to the mists of time. There are a handful of entries that are similarly missing.
DISHMAN #1 August, 1985 An exceedingly clever mini-comic, I first encountered DISHMAN when the first six installments were compiled into a single regular issue by Eclipse. It made me want to read more, and I eventually managed to hunt down the first 10 issues of the minicomic. If anybody has any further issues that they’d … Continue reading BHOCOS: DISHMAN #1
NEAT STUFF #9April, 1988 The forerunner of the more popular HATE, NEAT STUFF was cartoonist Peter Bagge’s magazine-sized anthology series, in which he could and would try just about anything. One of the last of the underground cartoonists, Bagge brought a keen wit and a sharp anti-establishment perspective to his NEAT STUFF work, eventually settling … Continue reading BHOCOS: NEAT STUFF #9
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE It’s to my mind the single most consistently well-crafted and relevant strip that graces the funny pages. FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE is a daily tour de force of characterization, observational humor, farce and emotional verisimilitude. Chronicling the lives and tribulations of the Patterson family, cartoonist Lynn Johnston wrings comedy … Continue reading BHOCOS: FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE
2014 Note: There was an entry for THE COMIC BOOK HEROES at this point, but the text of it has been lost to the mists of time. There are a handful of entries that are similarly missing.
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE GREAT GOLD STEAL July, 1968 The very first novel starring a Marvel character, CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE GREAT GOLD STEAL by Ted White is a fascinating book, if for nothing else but the way that the star-spangled Avenger was depicted. He’d only been revived for four years at this point, and many of … Continue reading BHOCOS: CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE GREAT GOLD STEAL
THE MASKED MAN #1 December, 1984 Much like its fellow Eclipse title, ZOT!, I didn’t start reading THE MASKED MAN until after the series had gone on hiatus. And, like ZOT!, I picked up a set of the run to date at one of CAPTAIN BLUE HEN’s annual “fill-a-box-of-back-issues” sales, and so was ready and … Continue reading BHOCOS: THE MASKED MAN #1
2014 Note: There was an entry for ZOT! #10 at this point, but the text of it has been lost to the mists of time. There are a handful of entries that are similarly missing.
OPEN SEASON #3 February, 1987 I’d liked OPEN SEASON from the start, but this third issue was really where it started to fulfill its potential. Another character comedy, this one set in California, OPEN SEASON ultimately had a sensitive heart at its core. Cartoonist Jim Bricker offered to reply to anybody who sent him a … Continue reading BHOCOS: OPEN SEASON #3
The Tom Brevoort Experience 