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Baumann, Suzanne – Turtleneck Boy #6
Turtleneck Boy #6
Well, technically you could say that Suzanne is mostly just the editor of this comic, but you know what I mean by that header. Hey, you could be in the next issue of this if you wanted: make a 1-4 page comic (sized to fit in a mini), and include Turtleneck Boy in it. Everything else in the story is up to you, and Suzanne puts these out approximately every time she gets enough stories to do so, so why not make a tiny comic and send it to her? It’s not like the art has to be immaculate or anything, as at least two of the stories in here were very minimalistic. So how about the stories? Suzanne has that awesome cover (I like her back cover even better, but I’m not giving it all away for free here) and a couple of short pieces in back, neither of which have Turtleneck Boy in them. Is that legal, to skip the requirements for your comic if you’re the editor? As far as I know there are no police for such matters, so it is apparently allowed. Other pieces include Erich Sundermann with TB’s (I’m shortening it from now on) depression, Brien Wayne Powell with a cranky TB, Todd Swanson with a slightly more hopeful take on the character, and Aaron Trudgeon has a meandering piece that wanders into all sorts of things in a few short pages. It’s a pretty good mix up pieces, although I am struck by the fact that I didn’t get anything that was JUST from Suzanne at SPACE this year. That’s what I get for only stopping briefly and asking for her new comics instead of my usual leisurely browsing. $1
Baumann, Suzanne – Turtleneck Boy #3
Turtleneck Boy #3 (edited by Suzanne)
It’s probably not fair for me to keep reviewing Suzanne’s older comics, as she’s done better stuff since, but hey, these are still almost universally good. That makes it OK, right? This time around Suzanne gathered up some friends, fellow artists and people she passed in the street and asked them to illustrate a conversation in their head, either using Turtleneck Boy as a conversational companion or inventing somebody of their own. The only one of these people I’ve heard of is Mike Carroll (who can be found elsewhere on this site), who does a short but amusing piece about one of his Kernals being crammed into a turtleneck. Other than that there’s Carol Pond asking why people bother demonstrating against causes when it won’t change anything, Yul Tolbert talks about a privately financed mission to Mars, Gary Freeman messes with the concept and Paully Moonbeam (if that is his real name) discusses the origins of life while drawing a primitive but strangely enchanting pair of pants. Then there’s Suzanne, stealing the show with her bits, as she talks about the shape of clouds, tells an Oprah joke that flew right over my head (maybe it made sense in 2000) and has one other page that was so wonderful that it was automatically the sample. See for yourself! This is a measly $.50, and all I can do is hope that you people send her dollars every now and then for comics.
