2006 ape!
last weekend was the wonderfully-named APE convetion; the Alternative Press Expo.
I am always surprised when I go there because . .. even though it is a comic book thingy, I can’t see Mr. shaved-on-sides-with-pony-tail-and-trench-coat-and-pants-bloused-into-unlaced-combat-boots and his friend Mr. Obese-with-giant-4-color-shirt-and-huge-floppy-shorts-and-goatee. Instead, everyone looks like they are in an Indie band, the gender ratio is almost 50/50, and everyone is friendly!
Fashion-wise, most of the gothic people have stopped coming, and have been replaced by a a wave of wacky thrift-store girls with tight wool sweaters, flood pants, and purple stockings. I don’t understand why this is, but I stand behind it 100%, and if anyone knows who is responsible for this change, please ask them if they can package the phenomenon, perhaps in ray-gun form.
Anyway, here is my favorite new comics. they are all available online for free, but if you like them, you should buy the print version:
action philosophers! world’s greatest thinkers explained to the layman in superhero format.
crying macho man! - it has jokes!
matt howarth was not at APE but damn, he has a webpage. His M.O. is to have alien bounty hunters attack real rock stars like Residents or Hawkwind.
carl is the awesome! I really can’t explain this.
Hellen Jo’s Page- she does . … perhaps I should just give up even trying to summarize these.
Jason Thompson’s page - incredibly detailed, obsessive renditions of HP Lovecraft stories, plus romance.
Derek Kirk Kim! – this guy wins awards. Everything from misanthropic rants, to bittersweet romance, with pictures.
same hat!
translations of obscure Japanese gag and horror manga.
http://www.girlsandcorpses.com/ - I have been assured that this is not photoshop. Still don’t understand how they keep the corpses from falling apart, though. Those girls are pretty vigorous.
Dirk’s Tokyo Comic> - this German Gentleman’s tokyo blog is in comic book form! Not only that, but if you have a stunt you want him to do, email him, and he’ll go out in public and do it, and then write a comic about it!
Permanent links to these comics are on the right side of the screen.
April 14th, 2006 at 7:32 pm
true! , domestic wierdness. I miss reading alternative comics. thanx for the interesting and time burning links.
As for fashion, it’s been a while, but last I checked toy shows have the most interesting variety of misfits and wierdos, a fashion reject and fashion foward medley. Anime cons, because of the mainstrem populardity I guess, looks like a jcpennys catalog; one page is boring squares in polos and the next is a gobot or Jen doll.
Me? All I can afford is shonen jump when I buy groceries and I dress like a 78
year old dude. No really, my granddad died and I got his clothes.
April 14th, 2006 at 9:38 pm
OH MY GOD. Crazy indie comic goodness!!! And a Lovecraft comic???!!!!!!?????? ?????? I love you. (?)
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