Northwest Press

A Waste of Time: The Reviews Start Coming in…

// October 29th, 2011 // // A Waste of Time

Reviews are starting to come in for Rick Worley’s new book from Northwest Press, A Waste of Time, and we’re pleased as punch with the reception the book is getting.

Andy Speed over at cxPulp: — ”I found this book riveting and hard to put down. It’s very relatable whether you’re gay, straight, or an anthropomorphized rabbit. It’s a little ironic that a comic with so many animal proxies is so very human.”

Joe Palmer at GayLeague.com: — ”…while he cites the auto bio comics work of R. Crumb and Jeffrey Brown for thematic inspiration, Worley has his own voice. Oh dear, the die hard spandex crowd just had a collective wide-eyed stare at those names. Don’t you worry! You can enjoy this book without danger of your superhero-lover card being revoked.”

Rubber Justice at Pink Kryptonite: — ”Take the authenticity of Pekar’s American Splendor, and blend it with classicist artcomix values, and you get an idea of the beauty behind Rick’s book. He even goes so far as to invite all his readers so moved by his work to contact him and be his groupies. Literally fucking with your audience. It’s genius.”

At Starving for Ink: — ”Ultimately, A Waste of Time is just the opposite. Worley has given us a refreshing dose of reality that I believe people will relate to, whether they’re gay, straight, or in between.”

You can pick up A Waste of Time now at your local comic shop! And if you want to join in the reviewing fun, why not post a review to iTunes? or post a review on Amazon?

Review of Rainy Day Recess from “li’l Joe Palmer” of GayLeague.com

// March 15th, 2011 // // Rainy Day Recess

Joe Palmer of GayLeague.com—a fabulous social and review hub for gay comics fans—has written a review of David Kelly’s new Northwest Press book, Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven’s Comics. One of his previous reviews, for Teleny and Camille, was brilliantly written as an over-the-top bible-thumping condemnation. This time, he’s turned to his inner child to talk about David’s book.

Touching on some of the themes that David explores in the book, Joe draws parallels with his own childhood (or that of a fictionalized Joe, I’m not sure):

My favorite comic has the Legion of Super Heroes. What’s Legion really mean? I really like Element Lad and Ultra Boy. Sometimes when my mom is mad at my dad — they yell too much — because he drinks I pretend to be in the future with the Legion.

I found a new comic and I hide it for now because my dad would probably take it away. It’s not like Legion or Justice League or Avengers but I like it because it’s about a boy. His name is Steven. He has blond hair and three brothers and a sister. Maybe he’s my age. His mom works and works like mine does and she gets tired too. Steven likes Wonder Woman and has her action figure. I don’t like Wonder Woman so much, but that’s okay.

I thought this review was charming; to take a cue from the author of the source material and also write the review from the point of view of a kid was a great idea.

Read the whole review of Rainy Day Recess here!

Glamazonia Reviewed on GayLeague.com

// December 15th, 2010 // // Glamazonia

GayLeague.com‘s Joe Palmer writes a fun, in-depth review of Justin Hall’s new Glamazonia: The Uncanny Super-Tranny collection, and he includes one of my favorite panels from the book.

It’s like a “buck a bag” sale at the local thrift shop and the big girls section just got stocked with good stuff before you walk in when it comes to the stories! A 120 pages worth comprising seven stories and a bounty of “One To Glam On” public service announcements (AKA one page strips), a pin up, a mock comic cover, and a foreword by Peaches Christ and a couple embellishments to round it off. I did not hear you say “Peaches who?”, did I? If you must, then slyly dash off and look her up on the interwebs. Just don’t look up sandpaper and lesbians and make a face when you learn what it is because it ain’t like you haven’t done something that might gross out others.

Read the whole thing!

And then pick up a copy of the book!