Butt-Rag Mag #13

J-Hash [Editor], contact via the ButtRagMag Facebook group for Price/Trades info; Size: 8.5" x 5.5" Page count: 16 

Wall-to-wall bums and farts and cocks and balls, here's one for the butt/fart fetishists.

This issue - or 'tissue' [it even comes with a couple sheets!] - is the "Bum Luck" 13th and features a buttfull of fartists paying homage to the keister. I don't know how J-Hash does it, but every page has a dirty, sleazy feel that uncannily convinces you that you're perusing this publication while standing in a funky, sticky-carpeted XXX bookstore at three a.m. And the pages seem actually DIRTY dirty - I mean grimy, as though you just found it in the gutter. After flipping through just a few pages I had the strangest urge to wash my hands!

You know, it just occurred to me that GG Allin would have LOVED Butt-Rag Mag!

[Soundtrack - GG Allin - 'Bite It, You Scum']

Hash Brown Comix #1

  

24 pages, 10" x 7", $? email Editors Dan or Oli for ordering info >>> danieljhayer at gmail dot com or olihastings9 at gmail dot com 

It's thanks to Glenno that I finally got a copy of this new Sydney comix anthology. [Long story deleted, but available here.] ...

 We all know how much comix anthologies can SUCK - it's usually only a question of how much? So it is impossible to overstate how surprised and relieved I was to find that Hash Brown Comix is really great! It is absolutely imbued, suffused, and steeped in the raw and deranged spirit of the finest Underground Comix 'spirit'. One strip [by co-editor Oli Hastings] is about the real life tragedy of Sydney's Luna Park Ghost Train fire in 1979. This strip is so great, and part of its greatness for me is that I don't know how much of the detail within is historical fact, and how much is the product of the artist's imagination. ... Other strips I really liked were Dominic Proust's tale of unrequited love with a tall girl; co-editor Dan Heyer's very strange school teacher; Kaylene Milner's Soviet record collectors; and another Oli strip about his veneration of Rowland S. Howard.

Rejected Hammer Thesis #3

Rejected Hammer Thesis #3

28 pages, digest, full color

$3 delivered

This is the brain child of Eric Myers, who does most, (probably all,) of the art. A number of people contribute to the story lines. It's much too imaginative to simply call it bizarre. Still, it is bizarre. A lot of thought and work went into this. Eric drawers in multiple styles, and the stories vary as well. So while everything in here is surreal, there is variety rather than repetition, and though disjointed it is cohesive.

As with most things in this vain you appreciation it the more you read it. He sent me three issues, so I was well into it by #3. I liked #2 the best, which you can also get on the site. #1 is $6 delivered, but it's a bit thicker.

Buy:

https://squareup.com/store/studioerbo

Eric's site

http://www.ericfmyers.com/

review by Jack Cheiky

Megaskank Mansion : Megacon

36 pages, 8.5" x 6", by Curt Sibling, Biesuiss, Relhok, Wicked-at-Heart, and Corelle Vairel --- No contact info whatsoever [fuck you]

for ordering info try contacting >>> kurtzibling at yahoo dot co dot uk

"When super-spoiled zombie queen Foxxxy decides to host a huge comic convention at her Megaskank Mansion, every troll, brony and freak in town soon attends! Chaos erupts as Feminazis try to close down the event. Can the fandoms unite for once to save Megacon?"

Here at long last is the second issue of MM [I reviewed the first here] - and the wait has certainly been worth it.

Sure, one can enjoy the skilfully-executed drawings of "kickass cosplay queens ... dropping more sex bombs than ISIS", and I do love those, but what I love most about this series are the many references which I don't get, but since it's a word I've never come across, of course I must immediately look it up. [Example: the first issue's 'Weeaboo' - see review]

With this issue, it was a name. Tom Preston. Who the hell is Tom Preston? I didn't know, but I sure as shit had to find out right away! And then finding out who Tom Preston was led to my learning about the phenomenon of 'inflation artwork' - a fetish in which characters are artificially pumped full of air so that they expand.

Tom Preston

My only gripe is the complete absence of contact info. For a printed comic, that doesn't make any sense. How do I let people know how to get their own copy? There's not even a friggin' email address in here! There's nothing! No postal address, no email address, no URL... even that Art Zine I received the other day had a Tumblr address. Well, maybe you're supposed to Google it. But that's bullshit! If you make a printed work, put a goddamn physical address in there so people who live in the hard copy world and not the fucking e-cloud can enjoy your creation, too. Cuuuntz!!


review by Stuart / Blackguard

Goiter #1

Goiter #1

20 pages, digest

$7 US (delivered)

Very strange. Decent art. Most are single page and unrelated, except a couple that may be semi autobiographical. Darkish. More ironic than funny, but there is at least one attempt at humor. Some have a coherent thread throughout, some don't.

Interesting, unique, memorable, adictive, and strange.

order:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/231829291/goiter-issue-one

tumblr:

http://goitercomics.tumblr.com/

Review by Jack Cheiky

Not My Small Diary #18

Not My Small Diary #18

148 page, digest

$8.00 US / worldwide prices on order page

Delaine Derry Green has been putting out this ambitious  theme focused anthology of autobiographical comics since 1996. At issue number 18, you know she has to be doing something right. This is a literary quality publication, (no bar code number,) and no one could continue putting out a product like this for very long unless people were loving it and buying it.

 “Every issue of NMSD is like a Who’s Who of the comic/zine world. Worth every penny. NMSD never disappoints.” Xerography Debt

This issue is about pets. These are real peoples stories of real experiences with pets. Some are cute and charming , some are tragic. There's even a weird one bordering on psychedelic. The bulk of the stories are about cats and dogs, but others about a toad, chameleon, guinea pig, rats, cockatiel, cockatoo, koi, mice, Siamese fighting fish, tetra, goldfish, rabbits, and snakes.

This is one of those small press publications that you hope is around for many years to come.

Buy it. If not for yourself, for someone you love who loves pets.

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Blackguard #5, The SCIENCE Issue

 

Blackguard #5, The SCIENCE Issue
44 pages, digest size
$6 Australia, $8 everywhere else

Our friend Stratu publishes theme collections of comics. This most recent issue is on the broad topic of Science. It has a heavy color stock cover, and is meticulously crafted. Stu puts out a nice product.

44 pages by 19 contributors gets you deformed boners, atomic Popeye, laboratory discoveries, childhood memories, scientific jargon in movies and TV, experimenting on human babies, science fiction, Supreme Female conventions, the internal combustion engine, misogyny, Jesus, Obama getting hit in the head by a dud nuke from North Korea, dissecting eyeballs, toxic products, prose fiction, Thomas Edison, and nine pages of comics and zine reviews.

Contributors: Glenno Smith, Michael Em, Michael Amaral, Ross Tesoriero, Chris Mikul, Shaun Craike, Neale Blanden, Leigh Rigozzi, Ryan Vella, SCAR, Bize, Giles Kilham, Brett Weekes, David Puckeridge, Julie, Kapreles, Damian McDonald, Drew Gates, and Stuart Stratu.

Parental guidance suggested

Pay Pal to sstratu@gmail.com
or cash money to
Stratu, PO Box 35, Marrickville NSW 2204, AUSTRALIA.

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Romp #3

ADULTS ONLY! 40 pages, digest size, $5.00, by Aaron Lange, aaronlangecomix [at] gmail.com + aaronlange.com + thecomixcompany.ecrater.com You know you're in good hands when you flip the cover and the page 2 letters column has feedback from the likes of Jim Blanchard, Pat Moriarty, and Noah Van Sciver. Moriarty writes, "I haven't seen material like Romp since my days at Fantagraphics when Eros was paying all the bills. But yours is funnier and better drawn." Aaron Lange sure is good at drawing, and his stuff is very funny, mixing in porno comix, extreme black humour, women's issues, Jabba the Hutt, and hilarious glory hole shenanigans. Better get yourself a copy before Romp receives an Eisner award and you won't be able to afford the Deluxe Hardcover Collected Edition. Order the first three issues NOW or regret your mistake FOREVER!

Goofy Funnies #3

ADULTS ONLY! 32 pages, digest size, by Dexter Cockburn thecomixcompany.ecrater.com Fudster Pudwhacker is laid up in the school nurse's office, "What a drag!" he says. Well, knowing the horny hi-jinx Dexter's characters get up to, I'm sure it won't be a drag for too long. And surprise! It isn't! Enter student nurse Pickles (last seen in Goofy Funnies #2). She practices a pretty cool form of alternative medicine. ... Next up, Dexter ratchets up the weirdness factor with Bosco the bear on a picnic with his sweetheart - they soon get to getting it on under a tree, yet little do they know a beehive is above. The bees wonder what the heck is going on below, all that banging on their tree! The beehive falls and gets stuck on Bosco's head, he's still porking away but trying to get his head beehive-free. His sweetheart none the wiser, she's getting an extra buzz from Bosco's wild and desperate movements. ... Then an 'Arts & Crafts Dept. - Do-It-Yourself Tijuana Bible!' ... The next strip introduces a new (I think) character, Ugly Eunice. "The poor girl ... Body of a Greek goddess but a face like a can of smashed assholes." Reminds me of the Seinfeld 'Two-Face' episode. Haw! (Although I gotta admit I thought the 'ugly' Seinfeld Two-Face was still hot.) ... There are two more strips ('strips', heh heh, geddit? huh? Strips? Me so funny!) - the Goombay Smasher with Trixie in 'Fuckin'' (subtle, right? nice.); and Marty Marz, space explorer ... he's good at exploring 'spaces' ... oh man, am I on a roll or what? If you want hot, funny, smutty comix, Dexter's got the goods for you. Get some!

ButtRagMag #10

from Blackguard

ADULTS ONLY! 32 pages (not including the sheets of toilet paper stapled inside), 11cm x 14cm, $? buttragmag13[at]gmail.com If you're an assfan you've come to the right place. ButtRagMag focuses like a laser on butts and all booty-related bizniz. After an intro by editor Jaimie, Dexter Cockburn's strip 'Buttmeister Fuller!' features the butt-infatuated Buttmeister 'abusing' the latest issue of his favourite zine (ButtRagMag, of course!) There follows many pages where butts and bungholes are depicted in all their rear-ended glory. There's another Dexter strip ('Down The Ol' Rabbit Hole'), a Jaimie strip ('Bonerators in Punkass Grabbrs in Ballstown') and interviews with 'punk-ass' bands The Hickoids, The Chumps, and The Lower Class Brats. Best interview question and answer? Q: What's your favourite toilet paper? A: Joey from Lower Class Brats - "The kind that comes out of the freezer from having fire hole."

Clam Juice #2

from Blackguard

ADULTS ONLY! 32 pages, digest size, by Carrie Q Contrary & Dexter Cockburn - www.carrieqcontrary.com + thecomixcompany.ecrater.com This issue is a team-up between Carrie and Dexter. Carrie has one side, flip the book and Dexter's got the other half including the other cover. Carrie's story, The Kitty Sisters, features Milly and Jilly waking up to a new day. They don't get outta the house, hell no, there's too much fun to be had together! And they sure seem to get along well! Dexter presents another tale of The Adventure Club, actually The Mystery of the Haunted Sea Part Two (Part One appeared (I think) in Oh My! Comix #2) - this one is an extended sequence between Pop and Scooter lost at sea. Alas, Pop will never see his pet hamster again, but Scooter takes his mind away from such concerns. Ah, Scooter!

Clam Juice #1

from Blackguard

ADULTS ONLY! 32 pages, digest size, by Carrie Q Contrary - www.carrieqcontrary.com The first strip here follows a young woman's busride. She manages to have fun without the aid of iPhones or iPads. Unheard of! (I think there's a Wii or two in there though.) Next up, 'Sexy Librarian' just loves to read. Yet, it's a strange kind of reading. Perhaps she has an eyeball in her vagina? Then a young man arrives and ask her where he can return his library books. She shows him, but if you ask me, it's an unusual place to put library books. The final story involves two schoolgirls ostensibly going to a schoolboy's house to study math. They shortly get rid of him and proceed to not study math, but rather one another's anatomical delights. For 'hot 'n' sexy' comix, Clam Juice has got it going on.

Stuart Stratu

I started publishing my own comics anthology [Sick Puppy Comix] back in 1996. It wasn't only full of depraved comix from Australia, USA, Canada, and the Netherlands, but a big comix and zine reviews section. I loved writing about this stuff as much as I loved creating it and trading it with others through the mail.

Anyway, thirteen issues of Sick Puppy later I felt burnt out on zines so took a five year break, then came back in 2008 with a new 'themed' comix anthology, Blackguard. The first issue was the Religious Crazies issue. Then came the Father issue, then Crime, then Fear, then Science. Blackguard is on hold right now since I began in 2013 [along with comics pal David Puckeridge] these what we called 'Diary Comics Challenges'.

The whole time, of course, I've written about zines. And I love to drink beer. I love to drink beer and review comics and zines!

If you'd like me to write about YOURS, send it to me here:

Stuart Stratu

PO Box 35

Marrickville NSW 2204

AUSTRALIA

blackguard23.livejournal.com
sstratu/gmail