Blog Archives
Flood, Joe – You Can’t Tuna Fish
You Can’t Tuna Fish
I think I mentioned in my other review how the trio of Cricket, Frankenstein and Bill (the talking duck) bugged me. Well, that was for that other story, and that was for reasons that didn’t repeat themselves here. OK? This time around it was a delightful romp, as they say. Cricket and Bill go out and catch a giant tuna fish, but what’s Bill to do when they leave to get wasabi and he’s stuck alone with a giant tuna fish and giant tub of mayonnaise? Hilarity, obviously, ensues. The rest of the book is random stuff, like memories of his art school days (which apparently weren’t too long ago), life at his job at an art supply store, and remembering old girlfriends. This was all apparently on his website, but I always prefer a comic collection of things like that, because I’m too old-fashioned to ever have a website, but here I am! Deal with the inherent conflict! This is a measly $1 and has plenty of stuff to make you laugh/think, so send the man an e-mail! Sorry for all the yelling…
Flood, Joe – Don’t Eat the Electric Sheep #2
Don’t Eat the Electric Sheep #2
There are more than a few things to like about this one, as well as a few things to dislike. Let’s talk about the good stuff first. The main part of this story (#1 and this issue) is about a robot who is partially cloned that has an itchy shirt. Vague enough for you? Honestly, two issues in, I’m not entirely sure what every plot point is, but I’m interested. This robot/clone is in what appears to be an asylum and his dreams are flooded with images of a past life and his apparent attempt to kill himself and his girlfriend. Medication and mechanical doodads in puke add to the confusion/intrigue and make me wonder where this is going next. I wasn’t a big fan of the main back-up of the book, involving a team of folks (Frankenstein, a talking duck and a girl named Cricket) fighting alligators. It was fun at times, don’t get me wrong, it’s just that comics that constantly refer back to the creator of the strip, the number of the panels left in the story or how silly the plot is bugs me. It doesn’t happen too much in here, just enough for me to notice and be annoyed. Check out the website for some samples and new comics. Overall there’s enough good here for me to recommend this, in case anybody was curious…
