True Swamp

    (Peristaltic, 1994-1996)
©1993 Jon Lewis

True Swamp is the critically acclaimed work of Jon Lewis at Peristaltic Press. It centers around the lives of Lenny the “leaf frog” and other residents of a mythical swamp. Like the rest of us, the swamp-dwellers worry about staying alive, finding enough to eat, and relationships with the opposite sex. Unlike most of us, finding out how to look poisonous is hailed as a medical breakthrough, and “agitism” (the practice of only eating that which moves) is given the status of religion.

True Swamp has many of the hallmarks of a great underground comic: it’s irreverent, a bit shocking, and makes the reader think about life from a whole different perspective. That the main characters are swamp animals only makes it that much more effective in accomplishing these goals.
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  • 1
    #1
    Feb 1994
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Jon Lewis  ·  A: Jon Lewis
    Adult; B&W
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  • 2
    #2
    May 1994
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    W: Jon Lewis  ·  A: Jon Lewis
    Adult; B&W
    1 copy for $3.99
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    #3
    Jul 1994
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    W: Jon Lewis  ·  A: Jon Lewis
    Adult
    1 copy for $2.99
  • 4
    #4
    Oct 1994
    Cover: $3.00
    W: Jon Lewis  ·  A: Jon Lewis
    Slave Labor Graphics begins publishing; Adult; B&W
    2 copies from $1.91
  • 5
    #5
    Feb 1995
    Cover: $2.95
    W: Jon Lewis, David Sarod  ·  A: Jon Lewis, Pat McEown, K. Thor Jensen
    Adult; B&W
    2 copies from $3.99