Lollipop Magazine

Graffic Traffic – Column

April 1, 1996

From the twisting imagination of James Kochalka comes the funny send-up of the Superman mythos “Little Mister Man.” Gag-o-licious, with heartwarming moments.

Graffic Traffic – Column

March 1, 1996

It hasn’t been a good start to the year, comically speaking. With news of no more Calvin & Hobbes, and just one more issue each of Sandman and Love & Rockets…

Graffic Traffic – Back On the Chain Gang – Column

February 1, 1996

I’d like to suggest the pricey (but very worth the price) hardcover graphic novel Stuck Rubber Baby. I could do a whole column just on this masterpiece.

Graffic Traffic – Column

December 1, 1995

It’s the first thing you notice about the place. It’s not the color or the noise. It’s not the people. The first thing you notice is always the same: the smell.

Graffic Traffic – Ryk loses his war with the Marvel Empire – Column

November 1, 1995

In 1995, Marvel did it to us all, the whole comic company/distributor/retailer web. People lost their jobs and their dreams of self-employment.

Graffic Traffic – Ryk Goes to War with Marvel Empire – Column

October 1, 1995

Now it’s all gone, wiped out in what could be just another case of Darwinian business reality. Maybe that’s all it is. But that wouldn’t make a good read.

Graffic Traffic – Top Ten Reasons Why I Have No Real Column This Month – Column

September 1, 1995

Sure, Thor has sucked like tar since Walt Simonson left in 1987, but a new storyline by Warren Ellis and art by Mike Deodato, add a whole fresh, godlike start.

Graffic Traffic – Mr. Ryk Goes to Comic Storeville – Column

July 1, 1995

Even if you find a comic store that is well-lit, professionally arranged, and staffed by people who wash regularly, it still seems an intimidating place.

Graffic Traffic – Column

June 1, 1995

Hilariously and often poignantly lived through is Bitchy Bitch, an every-woman trying to live in a man’s world and survive doing it. Consistently a great book.

Graffic Traffic – Column

May 1, 1995

This extra-dimensional energy was the result of an alien scientist’s experiment that went kablooey because the United States set off atom bombs in the ’50s.