Name: My Fat Irish Ass! # Minus 6
Contact Information:
My Fat Irish Ass!
PO Box 65391
Washington DC 20035
Email: Omellain@starpower.net
Ordering Information: Send $2.00 for 1 issue. $10.00 for 5 back issues.
Comments: This is their Special Elections Issue. Filled with hilarious antics of the great George W. Bush! There is a cool article called "Summer of a 1,000 Bands" in which many bands are discussed. Also, discussed in this issue is the insanity of frat boys. A very hilarious cartoon is: "GW and McTiles: The Missing Years". This is the story of what occurred with George W. Bush during his National Guard days. Bush encounters Ace McTiles - President of the Owl's Eye Anus Eaters and everything goes screwy until Bush has a revelation from God. At the end of this zine, they throw in Family Circus and Dennis the Menace with some changed word balloons that give these comic strips a more adult themed comedy! This is a very funny zine and you should at least throw in your two bucks to see what it's all about!
Name: Stickleback (Preview Copy)
Publisher: Alternative Comics
Price: $6.95
Contact Information: Email: jmason@indyworld.com or grickle14@earthlink.net
Website: www.indyworld.com/allcomics or www.grickle.com
Address: 503 NW 37th Avenue, Gainesville, Florida 32609-2204
Comments: Look out for this comic in November of this year! Right in the beginning George Stickleback (the main character) is having problems. He is creating his own action figures and his cat Patty is ripping them up as fast as he can make them. George receives one interruption after another and the telephone rings off the hook and off goes Patty playing with his created action figurines again! George considers himself as an artist and doesn't want to go to the cafe with the person on the phone, named Yanni. Yanni starts to cry and George gives in and decides to meet Yanni at the cafe and to hold off on his artwork (the action figurines that Patty is so fond of). George gets on the lightrail and doesn't want to sit around people and decides to take the backseat for himself. When George does meet up with Yanni, the emergency consists of his finger and fingernail emerging into one. Yanni could probably just cut off the fingernail and be okay, but George suggest he go see the doctor. Throughout the comic book, there are some great bathroom jokes, George encounters some guys he refers to as 'assheads' in the cafe and all kinds of hilarious situations fall into place with George. The artwork is stickwork cartoony black and white, but works well with the story. If you want to get some laughs, this is the comic book to check out. Stickleback is zany fun and you will laugh your behind off!
Name: Island Vol. 5
Publisher: Tokyopop
Creator: In-Wan Youn and Kyung-Il Yang
Price: $9.99
Comments: There is a serial killer loose at Choju Island and the killer likes to go on a scavenger hunt for skulls. The killer leaves a big clue, a gypsy fortune telling card and a note. Interpol send out their agents and the hunt for a serial killer begins. The main character Miho Wan does his own investigation parallel to Interpols and discovers some unusual clues. The clues are that the serial killer is not a madman. There are people working behind the scenes of the killings and they will do anything in their power to keep the true meaning of the killings a secret, even if they have to do their own killings! This is a powerful drama with some excellent Manga artwork!
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