IvanBrunetti creates some of the sickest and funniest one panel comic strips in his book Haw that I have ever read. His deconstructed style makes it seem like a Family Circus strip gone mad. Some of my favorites include a captionless image of a man sitting naked on the floor with a gun clicking empty at his penis. On his penis is a hand puppet of his wife, who had just walked into the room. Another one has someone tilting a jay of dark liquid into their mouth and the caption says "Now where is my...
I can't believe nobody else has commented on this article. If you are deeply depressed and terminally bitter, the best thing you can do for yourself is to find some of this guy's work. It won't make you feel any better, but you *will* know that you're not the only person out there who is just as far beyond the point of no return. In addition to that, the art work itself is wonderful; very spare, clean lines, elegant. This guy deserves a wider audience, but having met the man once, I'm quite positive attention is the last thing he wants.
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courtneyriot
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DEC 25, 2005 06:00 AM