Jim (Vol. 2)

    (Fantagraphics, 1993-1996)
©1993 Jim Woodring

The title of this series derives from its creator, Jim Woodring. As an alternative comic, Jim stretches the bounds of comprehensibility with seemingly stream-of-consciousness stories filled with oddball characters.

Typical among these is the opener for Jim’s second series entitled, “Manhog Beyond the Face.” The story begins with a creature called “Manhog” trying to kill a bird for lunch. He succeeds in wounding the bird with a rock, but loses it when it runs into a drainpipe. Manhog chases after it, running straight into the pipe, whereupon he has a series of bizarre hallucinations. Later, while still dopey, Manhog decides to skin his own leg and paint it silver, mimicking a broken trophy he saw. It all ends when his “friend” Frank (the cute cartoon animal from the cover of issue #1) brains him on the head with a paddle, fairly exploding his head and returning Manhog to normalcy.
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#1

December, 1993
Cover Price: $2.95
3 copies available from $7.98 		Jim WoodringJim Woodring
#2

April, 1994
Cover Price: $2.95
2 copies available from $19.95 		Jim WoodringJim Woodring
#3

July, 1994
Cover Price: $2.95
3 copies available from $14.65 		Jim WoodringJim Woodring
#4

December, 1994
Cover Price: $2.95
2 copies available from $19.95 		Jim WoodringJim Woodring
#5

May, 1995
Cover Price: $3.50
1 copy available for $19.95 		Jim WoodringJim Woodring
#6

May, 1996
Cover Price: $3.50
2 copies available from $19.98 		Jim WoodringJim Woodring