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Manley, Jeffery J. – Stories of Kiwi Strips
Stories of Kiwi Strips
Well, the good news is that James Kochalka has inspired a lot of people to do daily strips. The bad new is… that James Kochalka has inspired a lot of people to do daily strips. I kid! I kid because I love. Well, maybe not love, but I do like this book. 60 different strips about mostly different things, primarily responses to a question of silly gag strips. And there are the ones that make no sense to me at all. Not sure if those are supposed to be funny or not, but I’m going with “yes” and assuming that I just don’t have the right experiences to make it funny for me. That’s called “the benefit of the doubt”, in case this is the first review you’ve ever read. They aren’t all great, but there are enough good strips in this to make it worth a look. Go to his website, learn more!
Manley, Jeffery J. – Stories of Kiwi #2
Stories of Kiwi #2
For those of you looking to order his books, I should just warn you that apparently he calls most of his series “Stories of Kiwi”, as this one isn’t the issue before the one that I had previously reviewed. I mostly picked this one for one to review for one reason:
There’s a quote, from me, covering his naked crotch. I’m not sure if I should be offended or overjoyed, so I think I’ll just go with “slightly creeped out” and leave it at that. This issue is about everyone at a comics convention. Yes, it’s been done a million times, but it’s always funny when the main guy gets beat with a bat in a bathroom. The art’s looking great, I still have a problem with his spelling and grammar, but such is life. He has a new e-mail address and I’m liking his comics more and more all the time, except for the “odds and ends” issue, of which I will speak no more.
Manley, Jeffery J. – Stories of Kiwi #3
Stories of Kiwi #3
This is kind of the adventures of a floating kiwi, except for the fact that it’s mostly the adventures of his friends. They’re all odd looking in some way or another, and that’s about all the information we get about them. This issue deals with one of the characters suddenly turning into a vampire and the complete lack of concern by his friends when he starts killing people. You’ve all read me complaining about grammar in these mini comics at some point, and you’ve all read about me bitching about the improper use of “you’re” and “your”, “there” and “their”, things like that. Well, in #0 (no, I’m not going to review all the issues. I didn’t think much of it, and it’s my discretion we’re going with here) he mentions that it’s done for the sake of an inside joke, which is all well and good, as mini comics are the most insider jokiningest things out there. Here’s the thing, and maybe there’s a nice way to put this… ah, screw being nice. It makes him look like a moron. That thought crosses my mind when it happens once or twice, when it’s constant I start to wonder if the guy has an education at all. All that wouldn’t make that much difference if the story was engaging or entertaining at all, and there wasn’t much to latch onto in the first few issues. Maybe I’m just in a pissy mood because I’ve had a cold for the better part of two months, but I really didn’t come away from this feeling like I’d gotten much out of it. E-mail him if you like or send him money at: 1092 E. U.S. 10 Scottville, MI 49454. I liked the art though…
