Sorry, but no Lulu & Mitzy strip this week. I’ve been over-burdened and under the weather the past week and haven’t had time to do all that I need to do for a decent L&M strip.

However, there is good news! Lulu & Mitzy got a great review at Thor’s Comic Column on Chud.com by Graig Kent. And I have to say, compared to a lot of reviewers out there, Kent is an exceptional review writer.

“Creator S. Eddy Bell delves into these women’s lives as they happen, only hinting at where they’ve been and where they’re going to. It’s not a tale about redemption, or escaping a prison, or anything of the sort, but a surprisingly warm, funny and compelling look at two people without much in the way of options and making the best out of what they have, mostly having each other. Bell’s dialogue is fast and sharp, full of good natured humor, and occasional dialects, but also with the proper sense of drama and urgency when needed.”

In other positive news, L&M was an employee pick at Star Clipper, a comic shop in St. Louis. How’d that happen? I can’t even get my local comic shop to pull it out of the adult section.

I thought I would also give a shout out to some stuff I’ve been reading and enjoying lately. Some old, some new, but all good.

Tales To Suffice by Kenny Keil (SLG Publishing)
I know, I know, Kenny is published by SLG just like me, but this book is great. It’s classic satire and for those of us who grew up reading MAD this fits right in. Mort Finkleman is your guide as you skip from story to story which are also interconnected by hilarious fake advertisements and ’special’ offers. Bonus: it’s in color! SLG does color on a non-Jhonen/non-Disney book? It’s almost like sacrilege. Sweet, sweet sacrilege.

Tiny Tyrant by Lewis Trondheim and Fabrice Parme
This is kid’s stuff, but it’s good kid’s stuff. It’s all about King Ethelbert, the pint-sized king of the tiny island nation of Portocristo. He’s a brat who seems to have no supervision outside of his servants who generally manipulate situations in order to divert his course to disaster.
It’s drawn in a classic UPA-ish style and the story’s are short, cute, and while predictable, charming. The coloring is nice and eye-popping and the character designs are great. If this hasn’t been picked up by Disney or Nickelodeon for a TV show I suspect it will be soon.

Harvey Classics Volume 4: Baby Huey (Dark Horse)
This is a collection of classic Baby Huey comics that has been put together by Leslie Carbarga and Jerry Beck, who previously released volumes collecting Casper The Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich, and Hot Stuff. I am a big fan of the old Harvey Comics (if not made obvious by my recent role as designer of The Harveyville Fun Times, a fan zine for Harvey lovers) and I love these compilations.
My only misgiving is that most of the book is only in black and white. As a line buff, I am ecstatic to see the amazing ink work of the old Harvey artists that usually got obscured by the old color process. At the same time, I miss the whole package. If they could print them all in color (off-set, not digital) and spray the pages with ‘old comic smell’ that would be the greatest gift this century has ever known.

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