Drippytown Comics

    (Drippytown, 2002)
™ and © Drippytown Manufacturing Concern

This anthology of small-press comics is typical of the genre. There are names with which the reader may be familiar, such as Tony Millionaire and Colin Upton, and names that the reader may not have seen before. There are comics that will make the reader laugh or smirk and comics that will have the reader scratching his head.

There is the usual gamut here from slick and professional to crude and amateurish, although, thank goodness, there is not much of the latter. There are also several text pieces: Al Knight’s “Convenience Stories” (good for fans of Clerks), a piece on 1960s rip-offs of Captain Marvel (Super Green Beret snags a cover spot), and an interview with former child star cum musician Lard Dog, which is an odd choice for lead story in a visual medium.

Among the diversity in this issue are one-panel gags by Drippy’s creator, Julian Lawrence, daily-like strips including the nihilistic Nihilbert, and full stories such as Upton’s piece and Werner Marcus’ “Candid Funnies.” In an anthology such as this, one reader’s trash is another reader’s treasure. Sadly, the reverse is also true.

— Jack Abramowitz
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  • 3
    #3
    Jan 2004
    Cover: $4.50
    W: Robin Konstabaris, Julian Lawrence, Tony Millionaire, Ted Dave, Robin Bougie, James Lloyd, Shaun Hayes Holgate, Colin Upton, Marc Bell, Werner Marcus, Owen Plummer, Al Knight, Robin Fisher  ·  A: Robin Konstabaris, Julian Lawrence, Tony Millionaire, Ted Dave, Robin Bougie, James Lloyd, Shaun Hayes Holgate, Colin Upton, Marc Bell, Werner Marcus, Owen Plummer, Nath Cameron, Jason McLean
    B&W
    2 copies from $14.95
  • 5
    #5
    Wraparound cover by Ted Dave and Julian Lawrence
    Cover: $4.00
    W: Marc Bell, Tony Millionaire, Robin Konstabaris, Ted Dave, Julian Lawrence, Al Knight, Donald King, Kliph Nesteroff, Robin Fisher, Colin Upton, G.X. Jupitter-Larsen  ·  A: Marc Bell, Tony Millionaire, Robin Konstabaris, Ted Dave, Julian Lawrence, Donald King, Young Adonis, Robin Fisher, Colin Upton, Jason McLean
    B&W; ca. 2006
    2 copies from $3.84