Lollipop Magazine

Spawn – Review

October 1, 1997

The best thing about the movie is John Leguizamo as the Clown/Violator. As he carts around 20-30 lbs. of foam-rubber costume, crouched over to look about five feet tall and wide, and making it look natural, he gets to spew the best one-liners of the movie.

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.

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.

Dennis Miller – The Rants – Review

July 1, 1997

Fifteen slices of steely, socio-savant wit from one of Outraged Comedy’s best. Did anyone ever tell Dennis Miller he’s funny when he’s angry?

George Thorogood – Rockin’ Life Away – Review

June 1, 1997

From the title track by Jerry Lee Lewis to other covers by John Hiatt, Merle Haggard, and Frank Zappa, George stays the course you’d expect of him.

Graffic Traffic – More Comics About Buildings And Food – Column

June 1, 1997

Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Deadbeats: New In Town reprint the early issues of their comics. Elvira at least has the goofy camp, if not the cleavage.

The Comics Journal – Review

June 1, 1997

About the best editorial forum that delves into Comics; not the “new releases,” but the history of the medium with interviews from the best and most worthy.

Graffic Traffic – Thank You Sir, May I Have Another? – Column

May 1, 1997

Minimum Wage: Nobody draws the kind of people I’ve known with an art style that is professionally clean, but with a less-schooled creative natural ease.

Graffic Traffic – Column

February 1, 1997

While it’s a four-part mini-series and over by the time of this writing, I recommend Milestone’s Wise Son – The White Wolf (art and story by Ho Che Anderson).

Graffic Traffic – Column

December 1, 1996

Chuck Dixon weaves a story that makes sense, holds together, and incredibly, actually adds to the Joker persona and to the on-going Joker-Batman entanglement.