Donaldson, Jim – Peehole #1

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Peehole #1

You know, I never thought to ask: is “peehole” one word or two?  Odd the questions you can ask youself while reading mini comics.  This is a collection of one panel gag strips, all done while Jim was at work, and all done on post-it notes.  As always, my favorite was the one I used for a sample, your reaction may vary.  The book threatens a few times to wander over into senseless vulgarity and, considering the setting where Jim made these strips, it’s a little surprising that the book holds up as well as it does.  There is no sense at all in going through these bit by bit and analyzing them, as you get an idea of his sense of humor pretty quickly.  Either it’s your thing or it isn’t.  OK fine, just to confuse the reader, here are some topics: Hitler’s moustache, looking sexy, Viking love, gravity, a pleading sandwich, and a shaving sasquatch.  See?  I might as well have said nothing at all, or just made up a bunch of topics.  I haven’t been able to find anything else done by the man (although, in fairness, I don’t have the stomach for much time on google looking for “Donaldson” and “peehole”) but he seems to have a solid sense of humor.  Maybe something produced outside of work could be great?  Or maybe he is only able to bring the funny while in the despair of his job.  I’d love a chance to find out, anyway.  Worth a look if you can find it, although I do have to warn you that this is from 2005, so I have no idea if that e-mail address is still valid.  $2