GUMBALLS #1
(W) Erin Nations (A) Erin Nations (CA) Erin Nations
Pop in your quarters and see what pops out of GUMBALLS-a brand-new, one-man anthology comic from Portland cartoonist Erin Nations! His bright, candy-colored palette and crisp linework pop off the page, while his stories reflect a fascination with humanity in all its diverse foibles - hinting at one of his earliest creative influences, MATT GROENING. In Gumballs #1, Erin serves up a delicious variety of stories: recollections of growing up as a triplet, interactions with oddball grocery-store customers, the adventures of clueless dork Tobias, painfully funny faux Personal Ads, and "Tales of Being Trans"-reflections on Erin's true-life journey of gender transition. • Gumballs tips its hat to the classic alt-comic tradition of Eightball, Optic Nerve, and Box Office Poison, but speaks with a delightfully fresh voice for the modern age.
GUMBALLS #1
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(W) Erin Nations (A) Erin Nations (CA) Erin Nations
Pop in your quarters and see what pops out of GUMBALLS-a brand-new, one-man anthology comic from Portland cartoonist Erin Nations! His bright, candy-colored palette and crisp linework pop off the page, while his stories reflect a fascination with humanity in all its diverse foibles - hinting at one of his earliest creative influences, MATT GROENING. In Gumballs #1, Erin serves up a delicious variety of stories: recollections of growing up as a triplet, interactions with oddball grocery-store customers, the adventures of clueless dork Tobias, painfully funny faux Personal Ads, and "Tales of Being Trans"-reflections on Erin's true-life journey of gender transition. • Gumballs tips its hat to the classic alt-comic tradition of Eightball, Optic Nerve, and Box Office Poison, but speaks with a delightfully fresh voice for the modern age.
SIMPSONS COMICS EXPLOSION #3
(W) MATT GROENING (CA) Jason Ho
Bongo's annual, oversized, 96-page comic is bursting at the reams with laughs galore! There's a new comic convention coming to Springfield, and it's Homer who's going bananas over the chance to meet his favorite, primetime, primate TV star - Christmas Ape! Then Bart pulls a prank on the entire town and discovers that the people he punked can be a lot more forgiving than he ever imagined, and now he has them right where he wants them. Suckers! And who is Bartman? Find out who the students of Springfield Elementary think he really is. And Waylon Smithers, Mr. Burns' long-suffering, lovestruck sycophant, is about to turn the tables on his longtime companion and employer with a brand-new take charge attitude. (Oh, did we forget to mention, he gets struck by lightning?) And The Simpsons of Springfield come face to face with their doppelgangers, The Simpkins from Capital City. Then Bart and Milhouse find their treehouse overrun by intelligent primates. Finally, a Zombienado strikes Springfield!