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Kramers Ergot 7

Dick Hyacinth

A lot of comics were the subject of controversy in 2008: Ice Haven, Memin Pinguin (remember that?), that one comic where the dog ate the teenagers. Surprisingly, alt comix anthology Kramers Ergot 7 was arguably the most controversial comic of them all. The issue was not the content (though much of it would scandalize those who were offended by Ice Haven), but the price of the book. Some of the controversy came from those who supported (or who were at least familiar with) the anthology series and its contributors, but who regretted the high ($125) price point. Others came from people who had apparently never heard of the series, or who had little interest in the sorts of comics which…  Read More…

Best of the 00s: Black Hole

Dick Hyacinth

In case you missed my first post, I’m going to devote most of my writing at The Savage Critics to an ongoing project of making a list of the decade’s best comics and graphic novels (at least that’s the plan for the first year). I had planned on starting with Black Hole and announced my intention to do so at my blog; little did I know that Sean was also planning to look at Black Hole for his inaugural review at this very site! But Sean caught my comment and we convened, deciding that we would both review Black Hole, and then compare notes in a subsequent post. Why did we both want to start with Black Hole? I can’t…  Read More…

Man, that’s your instrument

Dick Hyacinth

Hi, I’m Dick, and I’m really excited about being here since this is one of the first comics blogs I remember reading obsessively (two of the others were Fanboy Rampage and Jog the Blog, so TRIPLE excitement, actually). It really is a great privilege to write on the same site as those folks you see on the sidebar. And now that I have this forum, I can devote my personal blog to my true passions: reviewing frozen food, complaining about video game stores, and posting pictures of disgusting MMA injuries. What I’ll mostly be doing here, at least over the next year, is continuing my obsession with year’s best lists. Or in this case, decade’s best list. Savage Critics will…  Read More…