{"id":657,"date":"2008-12-27T20:52:10","date_gmt":"2008-12-27T20:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/12\/27\/c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-10\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:32","slug":"c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/12\/27\/c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-10\/","title":{"rendered":"C.O.U.S.: Reflections from Rick’s Collection #10"},"content":{"rendered":"

While "researching" a recent Nexus Graphica<\/a>, I had reason to look through my collection of C<\/span>omics O<\/span>f U<\/span>nusual S<\/span>ize. This set of the big and small and odd of comicdom offers many gems. Deciding that I really should share some of these largely forgotten and sometime rare pieces, I’m taking you through a tour of the more interesting selections. <\/p>\n

One of the countless Barney parodies<\/a>, Smarmy<\/span> (1993), created by Joe Preston and Ian O’Keefe, recounts the disturbing tale of a sexually-deviant purple dinosaur who becomes a scout master.<\/p>\n

Click on image for full sized version.<\/span><\/span> <\/p>\n

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\nArt by O’Keefe<\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/a>
\nWords by Preston Art by O’Keefe<\/span><\/p>\n

\nPreston and O’Keefe previously teamed far more successfully in "Soul in the Hole" for my 2001 Blackbird Comics anthology Modern Perversity<\/span>.<\/p>\n

\n<\/a>
\nfrom "Soul in the Hole"
\nWords by Preston Art by O’Keefe<\/span><\/p>\n

\nI published Preston one more time in Wild West Show<\/span> (Mojo Press, 1996).<\/p>\n

\n<\/a>
\nfrom "Letters From Arizona" Wild West Show<\/span> (Mojo Press, 1996)
\nWords by Preston Art by John Lucas<\/a> and Martin Thomas<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While "researching" a recent Nexus Graphica, I had reason to look through my collection of Comics Of Unusual Size. This set of the big and small and odd of comicdom offers many gems. Deciding that I really should share some … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n