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Slackmatic #5

OK, it has to be said: #5 is a lot duller than their other comics that I’ve read. Not that that’s a horrible thing, and everything else I’ve read from them has either had zombies getting chopped up or someone losing an eye, but this is a relatively quiet comic. The bulk of it is about their trip to SPACE last year, rancid gas station bathrooms and all. Then you have a series of one page strips about stapling, magnets, killings worms, pterodactyls, monsters, werewolves and puking cats. Pretty good stuff all around, don’t get me wrong, I was just expecting more gratuitous violence. Damn you Ryan and Nathan for growing as artists! Or maybe just unconsciously toning it down for an issue. How should I know? Contact info is up there, it’s a measly buck, you cheapskates!

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Slackmatic #4

You just can’t beat fun comics. This series is already at #4, and this is where my “sampler” approach at cons hurts me. I can only afford to get one or two issues from everybody (even that’s pushing it), unless they are one of the few people who know who I am and want to give me free stuff. That works great when I don’t like the comic, but when something is as thoroughly entertaining as this, it’s disappointing that I didn’t get more. Anyway, this one is about their trip to a con. It’s been done, I know, but it’s always funny when it’s done well. That and the rant on the first page about porn is worth the price of admission. Once they’re at the actual con nobody goes to their table, so they decide to start working on the next issue of their comic. The artist (Ryan) shakes his pen because it won’t work, it slips out of his hand and into someone’s eye, and hilarity ensues. Meanwhile, the writer (Nathan, but they both write it) comes across a creepy man selling anime porn and gets some Sailor Moon stuff. Hey, hillbillies and eye gougings are always funny, so there’s a lot to laugh at here. Three cheers for them getting to #4, keep it up together as I don’t think this would work as well without both of them doing it. Go to the website, see what you can see…

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Slackmatic #3

I stumbled across this older issue at SPACE this year (2004), so I’m guessing it’s still available. It’s tiny (that cover is actual size) and it’s all about them buying an evil DVD player from the mad scientist down the street. Why is it evil? Well, from what I can tell, it’s because it doesn’t play anything. I don’t know what it is about these two, but I really like everything I’ve seen. They’re just so obviously having a blast doing these comics that it’s hard not to get sucked in. Like I said, this is tiny, so I’m guessing this is around $1, and everybody should get a few comics from these guys if you have a sense of humor. Contact info is down there!

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Slackmatic #1 Now Available! $4.95

If I wanted to keep everything on this website all neat and technically accurate I’d put this below the other Slackmatics, as it came out later and actually includes most (if not all) of Slackmatic #3 and 4. But who cares about stuff like that? If anybody who’s a big fan of theirs can’t tell that this fancypants, comic sized edition is different from the long out of print mini comic version of the original Slackmatic #1, well, it’s their loss. Don’t be fooled into thinking that this is a big excuse to reprint a lot of their old stuff in a better format just because they put some of their best work in here, as the first half of this is all new material. Like what? Glad you asked. There’s a big story to start things off here where the two of them finally have a bloody battle while trying to come up with a comic story. Hey, it’s been a long time coming. Next is a wonderfully paranoid story about a car parked outside of the post office. Why has it been there so long? Why is it rocking? Finally there’s the story depicted on the cover, dealing with a slime monster from outer space. Yes, it is just as adorable as it looks from the cover. As for the second half of the book, check out the reviews below this one, as everything you need to know about them are in there. Kudos to these guys getting the full size treatment, the experience is much like the one you get when watching a great movie on a giant screen tv for the first time. Sure, it’s still good on your crappy, tiny tv at home… but wow, that difference is huge. Also, I don’t know how they do it, but these two remain just about the only creators out there who can screw up “your” and “you’re”without consistently getting on my nerves. Must have something to do with the fact that their stories are consistenly hilarious…