One thing I’ve been happy to see as I get older (and older, and older) is people who put out mini comics 30-40 years ago either jumping back into the game or republishing their old material. And, honestly, since a lot of that old material was sold in one or two shops at the time (with little or no internet available) and had print runs of maybe 50 copies, it’s likely to be new to the vast majority of people who see it now. Woodrow Comics was started by Chris and a friend who were bored in high school in the late 80’s, to give you some idea of the origins of this material. Specifically they were bored in a “just say no” school conference, that infamous attempt to keep kids off of drugs that more often than not just explained to kids how the various drugs were likely to make them feel. So Chris and his friend made up a fake band, then fell in love with the concept and made up all kinds of fake albums, songs, band history, all of that stuff. He put the original comics out in 1995 (and, hilariously, puts some old reviews in the back; Terry Laban was actually a fan), they didn’t exactly make much of a splash, but he always liked them, so he cleaned the art up a bit and re-released them. There’s a fair amount of funny stuff in here if you have any experience with punk bands and/or Spinal Tap-like band parodies (30 songs on a 10 minute album got an audible chuckle out of me). Most of the book is descriptions of some of their albums, descriptions of them and a few songs from each, but there’s also an ad from the band for a bong cleaner, a few comic strips, and even a fake interview with them. Check out the sample page, that should give you some idea of whether or not this is your type of humor. Me, I laughed several times, so yeah, I’d say this is worth a look. $6 (or, as of this review, $7 for issue #1 & 2)
