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   > scratch an itch there   
   > only if you must"   
   >   
   > On the back page of this minicomic I was delighted to see new   
   > comix by John Jones. He's been drawing his Retros comix for years. At   
   > first I was fairly dismissive of them (back in the 80's). But like fine   
   > wine they have grown on me. I have a deep appreciation for them now,   
   > perhaps born of their intrinsic merit, perhaps born of nostalgia. Can   
   > one ever be sure about such things? I feel nostalgia for Gilligan's   
   > Island too.   
   > Will Dockery produces a similar line of comix (not present in   
   > this issue), titled Demon House Theatre. Suddenly I find myself   
   > wondering, with regard to Dockery's comics, and Jones', and even   
   > Wilson's and Horn's, "Has all their work been saved?" "Is there some   
   > way it could be collected and displayed?"   
   > Once you develop an appreciation for what they are creating it   
   > becomes quite addictive. It's strange art, visual poetry, really, for   
   > it ‘makes no sense' to the DC and Marvel-trained eye. But once you let   
   > go of your preconceptions of what art ‘should' and, indeed, ‘must' be,   
   > you find yourself in a new realm. Their art is unique; a strange blend   
   > of human, mystical, and even superheroic creatures. And, like I said,   
   > there is a whole school of them, all cross-pollinating each other, all   
   > living in the same locale.   
   > And all dangerously close to Disneyfied Florida.   
   > *************************   
   >   
   > Quite interesting piece of small press history...   
      
   Good find.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)