Zippy: Type Z Personality

    (Fantagraphics, 2005)
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If you asked Bill Griffith about his absurdist journey of a circus freak and the author’s alter ego through Americana, it’s a good bet he’d claim Zippy isn’t absurd; it’s the world. Zippy merely wants to ponder existence and puns in the transcendent bliss of the vanishing American diner, but chunks of less savory pop culture gristle keep floating up in the great American gravy. Not to mention all those shenanigans and goings-on with corrupt politicians. To that end, Zippy pursues the same topics as many contemporary cartoonists, but in a different tack. By framing them in its own terms, Zippy highlights their innate absurdity and turns kitsch into a warm, contemplative retreat from the insanity of the world’s more ferocious developments.

— Brendan McGinley
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November, 2005
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