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never would’ve thought that I would write for a column
called “Hooray For Comics.” “Poop on Comics”
or “Hooray for Anything But Comics” maybe, but
I never thought there would be a time in my life when I would
be cheering for comics. And yet, here I am.
It started in March at Wizard World – Los Angeles when
I and my handsome manfriend were cruisin’ the booths
and I spotted a comic titled I Feel Sick by Jhonen
Vasquez. Being the huge fan that I am of Jhonen’s old
Nickelodeon cartoon, Invader Zim, I decided to risk
my $5 and purchase the two book mini-series. I had succumbed
to the world of comics and it only took two minutes and five
dollars. I’m weak.
I Feel Sick was amazing. It literally had me laughing
out loud. I loved it. But how could I, Bethany Shady, a hot
petite young hipster like myself LOVE a comic book? I didn’t
think it was in my constitution. Oh, but it is…and me
likey.
It was after I Feel Sick that I decided to open myself
up to the world of Indie comics. That’s right, INDIE.
I would NEVER give in to the evils of the fanboy, superheros
with super powers and big tittied woman in scantily clad cloth
for teenage (or thirty year old) boys to jerk off to shit.
I’ll leave that Rob Liefeld shit to the rest of you.
I want the good shit. The stuff of substance.
 My
sexy manfriend and I headed off to Hi De Ho Comics in Santa
Monica where I continued to feed my new interest and I forked
over $13 for Daisy Kutter: The Last Train; A trade
paperback about a badass chick in the wild west who has balls
bigger than any man around. While the art and characters were
strong, I was a little disappointed by the somewhat uneventful
story line. But hey, I have ADD and need constant stimulation,
so my opinion on that doesn’t mean much anyway.
 One
week later I spent another fifty-five dollars on comics. FIFTY
FIVE! I coulda gotten a whole lotta hooch with that amount
of dough! I bought two more Jhonen Vasquez trades, Johnny
The Homicidal Maniac and Squee!, since I knew
that anything written by him was sure to be great. I also
picked up another trade called Dead@17 just because
it had a cool cover and had the word “dead” in
the title. Its writer/illustrator, Josh Howard, obviously
has a passion for drawing cute indie chicks with short hair
in barely anything clothing which bored me after the first
six panels, but then the ZOMBIES caught my attention. After
about the first fifteen pages though, everything kinda fell
flat when the theme turned to a “chosen one” type.
It was a very cool concept, but I felt there could have been
a lot more depth in the story.
So, now I find myself excited about Wednesday nights when
my luscious manfriend wants to head to the comic shop for
the new releases, and I can cruise the indie sections. Does
that make me a nerd now? Maybe. But a happy nerd for sure.
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