 BROKEN LINES (2007-2009, 8" square) is a story about a spaceman and a cowboy driving around in a stolen rental van. They are on a secretive mission, and are being pursued by what I like to call "bad guys". En route, they meet a very nice waitress named Maggie. I'm not gonna recap the whole plot here--check out the Broken Lines site for descriptions, previews, and fun stuff. They're pretty friggin' good. Read reviews here. - $4 each, all four for $15
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 EVEN LIONS WILL FEAR YOU: Two Years of Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot! (2009, 52 pages, 8"x10.5") A towering collection - every WTF strip published in 2007-2008, plus a bunch of unpublished ones, some early comics that pre-date the strip, and a few full-page comics that were published elsewhere. If you've only read WTF online, you are missing the glorious effect of a bloopy yet crisp halftone pattern on bright white paper. Highly recommended. Whiskey! Tango! Foxtrot! is a comic strip about two kids you wouldn't want to know in real life. At least I think they're kids. One's crabby and dumb! The other one is dumb and crabby! ...and fat! Many of these strips are archived on the-opt.com. Check em out. Purchase a copy for the extremely reasonable price of $4
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 FAMOUS FIGHTERS (2006 - 52 pp) - 52 pages of evil-fighting mayhem! Super-heroically entertaining! Lots of exclamation points! Incredibly stupid! Culled from the past 10 or 15 years of dumb collaboration between Tom Pappalardo and Matt Smith. Read reviews here. - $5 - official minisite
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 FAILURE, INCOMPETENCE (2005, 60 pages) is a collection of unpublished comics & stories spanning the last decade. Jam-packed with fantastic mediocrity. Sixty pages of immense time-killing. Hated by many, loved by few. More info.
"gags by the pound" - QUIMBY'S
"The inconsistency here is enough to drive you insane" - COMICS WAITING ROOM
Failure, Incompetence is
currently out-of print
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 THROUGH THE WOOD, BENEATH THE MOON (1998 - 48 pp. - Caliber) - Artwork: Matt Smith - Story: Tom Pappalardo - A partially rewritten, redrawn, and expanded version of 1996's Alec Dear. Find out what Alec Dear, the mischevious gasmask-wearing dead guy does when he finds himself in the burn victim unit of a secluded children's hospital! - $3.00 - More info.
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 ALEC DEAR: A DARK POME (1996 - 36 pp.) - Artwork by Matt Smith, story by Tom Pappalardo - Find out what Alec Dear, the mischevious gasmask-wearing dead guy does when he finds himself in the burn victim unit of a secluded children's hospital! This self-published comic received a Xeric grant in 1995. - $3.00 or FREE with purchase of any other comic (please request via email) - More info.
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