Lollipop Magazine

Underground Station – Column

April 1, 1998

One handsome book that I can recommend unequivocally is Buddy Go Home by Peter Bagge. This is Vol. 4 of the Buddy Bradley stories from Hate.

Graffic Traffic – It’s never a bad trip to comicland – Column

March 1, 1998

If you haven’t read Transmetropolitan, it may be too late. The first four issues of this media-unfriendly, socio-pathologically-worse title have sold out.

Underground Station – Column

March 1, 1998

When I started collecting underground comix (u.g.s) in the late ’60s I ran up against two conventions that I could neither abide nor fight.

Underground Station – Column

December 1, 1997

Juxtapoz is a West Coast magazine produced by Robert Williams, one of the earliest of the Zap contributors.

Graffic Traffic – It’s Never Only Comics – Column

December 1, 1997

It’s always a joy to encounter another issue of the excellent Don’t Shoot! It’s Only Comics, the local anthology pulled together by Jef Taylor.

Graffic Traffic – Column

November 1, 1997

First off was the anthology title Keyhole. Usually anthologies are like asking to be bored out of one’s skull, but this one is different.

Graffic Traffic – Column

October 1, 1997

I get so sick of reading what is likely to be another in the 99-in-a-hundred super-hero comics suck pile, that I just gotta try a different flavor.

Graffic Traffic – It’s not the heat… – Column

September 1, 1997

It’s easy to see why this woman won the Xeric award with her true people stories, subtle facial expressions, and a dating story so authentically excruciating.

Underground Station – Column

July 1, 1997

David Britton’s Adventures of Meng and Ecker. Banned in England in 1992. About 260 pages of intricate art that is meaner than the famous junkyard dog.

Graffic Traffic – As Our Story Continues – Column

July 1, 1997

Basement Comics has collected the six early, self-published issues of Bud Root’s CaveWoman, a well-drawn mix of Good Girl cheesecake and lots of dinosaurs.