The Norm

    (TheNorm.Com, 2002-2005)
™ and © TheNorm.Com

The Norm is a great comic strip, well-written and -drawn, smart and funny, featuring that rarest of things: a male lead who isn’t an idiot or emotional cripple, who’s neither a wuss nor a creep. It makes for addictive reading, and, if your local paper doesn’t carry it, these choice reprints will serve as a handy introduction to what you’ve been missing.

But The Norm Magazine is also a flipbook, and the other half is Tex Laramie’s Roundup, a comedy cowboy series that sends up old kids’ shows that couldn’t be much further from The Norm. Though nicely rendered and frequently funny, more often than not it’s over-the-top crude and rude. There’s a gag about a cross-dressing horse’s obstructed bowel and a waffle iron that’s memorable in the worst way possible. The results may be a chalk and cheese combo meal, but the cheese is sure good.

—S.A. Bennett
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The Norm #0


Cover Price: $2.95
1 copy available for $7.99 		Michael JantzeMichael Jantze
The Norm #1

September, 2003
Cover Price: $4.95
3 copies available from $3.99 		Michael JantzeMichael Jantze
The Norm #3

April, 2004
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1 copy available for $2.99 		Michael JantzeMichael Jantze
The Norm #4

July, 2004
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1 copy available for $2.99 		Michael JantzeMichael Jantze
The Norm #5

October, 2004
Cover Price: $4.95
2 copies available from $2.99 		Michael JantzeMichael Jantze
The Norm #6


Cover Price: $4.95
3 copies available from $3.83 		Michael JantzeMichael Jantze
The Norm #7

February, 2005
Cover Price: $4.95
1 copy available for $4.95 		Michael JantzeMichael Jantze
The Norm #9

July, 2005
Cover Price: $4.95
1 copy available for $1.28 		Michael JantzeMichael Jantze
The Norm #10

October, 2005
Cover Price: $4.95
1 copy available for $4.25 		Michael JantzeMichael Jantze