{"id":658,"date":"2008-12-24T21:32:27","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T21:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/12\/24\/c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-9\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:32","slug":"c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/12\/24\/c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-9\/","title":{"rendered":"C.O.U.S.: Reflections from Rick’s Collection #9"},"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

I first met Tom Stazer<\/a> when we were both working in the trenches at Blackbird Comics. He had already established a cult following for his hilarious sf parody Spaced<\/span><\/a> (no relation to the Pegg and Wright TV series) and the funny animal series Lionheart<\/span><\/a> (no relation to Richard I). For Blackbird he produced two issues of his post-modern anti-consumerist fable Crazy Bob<\/span><\/a>. (if any of my publishing friends are listening, all three of Stazer’s titles deserve to be collected.) <\/p>\n

Tom and I became friends which included him sending me one of the most disturbing and funny Christmas mini-comics\/cards of all time. With his kind permission, I present Davey’s Magic Christmas<\/span> in it’s entirety.<\/p>\n

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

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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-658","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