{"id":663,"date":"2008-12-18T21:38:35","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T21:38:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/12\/18\/c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-6\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:19:32","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:19:32","slug":"c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2008\/12\/18\/c-o-u-s-reflections-from-ricks-collection-6\/","title":{"rendered":"C.O.U.S.: Reflections from Rick’s Collection #6"},"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

Over a three year period in the 1990s, artist Chris Cilla<\/a> and writer Greg Petix (of the Weird Lovemakers<\/a>) produced the daily strip "Swonk" for The Arizona Daily Wildcat<\/span><\/a>. The cartoons were initially collected in The Pocket Swonk<\/span><\/a> and the Howling Swonk<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n

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\nBut what is a swonk? The duo attempts an explanation.<\/p>\n

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Um.. ok…<\/p>\n

Like many college strips, the subjects range from college life to politics to life observations.<\/p>\n

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\nAnd like most strips, the humor is hit and miss.<\/p>\n

As with many of us raised in the seventies and eighties, their works were heavily influenced by Marvel comics of the era, as evident by the back covers of each volume.<\/p>\n

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\nEventually, the duo compiled a third collection "A Moon, A Girl… Swonk."<\/a><\/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-663","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