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NEWS: The Saddest Little Comic In the World

Keith

Hooker, OK

August 2002

JUN 08, 2005 09:44 PM

CULTURE: The Saddest Little Comic In the World

Gather 'round, emo children, because Steve Emond wants to celebrate you with his first comic series: Emo Boy, concerning the adolescent adventures of a boy who "uses his super-human sensitivity to sabotage his own happiness and his unpredictable emo powers to confound his enemies."

But don't think Emond is completely blind to the absurdities of emo:

"All I can say," Emond (who is currently contemplating whether he will barricade himself in his apartment to listen to the new Weezer album over and over) said about Emo Boy, "is that as much as it celebrates an emo kid, it sure makes fun of him for it just as much! I get to parody bands and shows, and I get to torture this poor little emo boy endlessly. And he does get tortured."

Which is just how his publisher, Slave Labor Graphics, wants it:

SLG's editor-in-chief Jennifer de Guzman (who actually really likes the new Bright Eyes album) said. "There's no way you can always be so earnest about misery, so why not turn someone's pain into fodder for ridicule? Steve has really hit on a goldmine for mockery material here. Mock mock mock. Mean mean mean. What's not to love?"

So what, exactly, are Emo Boy's super-powers? Emond answers this question in an interview with Broken Frontier:

The powers are emotional powers. There's no real limit to what he can do. When he feels larger than life, he might grow to be a giant, and when he's lonely and neglected he can turn invisible. When he's angry he can be very strong and when he's a nervous wreck he'll projectile vomit someone into a wall.

You can see a preview of Emo Boy here. Even subject matter aside, it has a unique and striking style.

alkalinenerd

Santa Cruz, CA

September 2004

JUN 08, 2005 09:54 PM

Give me cancer now god!

boundcreature

Boston, MA

April 2004

JUN 08, 2005 10:00 PM

You can see a preview of Emo Boy here. Even subject matter aside, it has a unique and striking style.

It looks like every other comic that SLG puts out.

Keith

Hooker, OK

August 2002

JUN 08, 2005 10:02 PM

boundcreature said:

You can see a preview of Emo Boy here. Even subject matter aside, it has a unique and striking style.

It looks like every other comic that SLG puts out.

Y'know, I debated whether to put that line in, knowing some comic book fan would call me on it. I'm only speaking from my personal, somewhat limited experience. This is why I'm not the "Comic Editor". This story just didn't fit in Music, I thought.

[Edited on Jun 08, 2005 by Keith]

SadPanda

San Francisco, CA

April 2005

JUN 08, 2005 10:49 PM

I find myself rather annoyed by the nonstandard text formatting. Does that make me a bad person?

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NEWSWIRE

San Diego, CA

JUN 08, 2005 10:56 PM

Awww no! I Had a comic called Emo Boy in high school! Then the guy who was co-writing it got creepy on me and it folded!! Gahhh! All my ideas get taken.

*mopes*

Still... it looks neat. I love the text layout. I suppose I'll have to buy it.

mexicant

El Cajon, CA

June 2003

JUN 08, 2005 11:13 PM

Great comic. I enjoyed it thoroughly.

Mthrsuperior

Victoria, BC

November 2002

JUN 08, 2005 11:53 PM

SadPanda said:
I find myself rather annoyed by the nonstandard text formatting. Does that make me a bad person?

I know what you mean but when I finally realised it reminded me of ransom notes I started to dig it

Bicycle_Samurai

York, ON

September 2003

JUN 08, 2005 11:57 PM

Can I just say meh? Is that okay?

I think I'm going to say meh. If that gets me in trouble, then I'll just have to deal with that.

Alright, here it goes:

Meh.

leek

Tallahassee, FL

October 2003

JUN 09, 2005 04:24 AM

It was what johnny was to the goth crowd, except this one sucked. big time.

gut666

Moreno Valley, CA

April 2005

JUN 09, 2005 06:50 AM

emo attitude sucks!

Roethke

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

JUN 09, 2005 08:36 AM

I looked but I couldn't see the "unique and striking style" anywhere. Nor, for that matter, could I find anything clever or witty. This comic gets the rating of lame.

stormworm

Moncton, NB

February 2005

JUN 09, 2005 08:55 AM

Roethke said:
I looked but I couldn't see the "unique and striking style" anywhere. Nor, for that matter, could I find anything clever or witty. This comic gets the rating of lame.

you said it the same way i thought it.

Keith

Hooker, OK

August 2002

JUN 09, 2005 09:01 AM

Roethke said:
I looked but I couldn't see the "unique and striking style" anywhere. Nor, for that matter, could I find anything clever or witty. This comic gets the rating of lame.

See this post.

[Edited on Jun 09, 2005 by Keith]

stormworm

Moncton, NB

February 2005

JUN 09, 2005 09:17 AM

Keith said:

Roethke said:
I looked but I couldn't see the "unique and striking style" anywhere. Nor, for that matter, could I find anything clever or witty. This comic gets the rating of lame.

See this post.

[Edited on Jun 09, 2005 by Keith]

at least on my side, it had nothing to do with you. it was the comic that was lame, not your opinion.
someone that reads thousands of comics and someone that has read one- both are speaking for their own tastes and from their own experiance. you don't have to be an editor of any type to state your feelings...