Pages Tagged βComedyβ
Reviews
- The Birding Dictionary
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Rosemary Mosco
A delightful collection of comedic βdefinitionsβ of various terms one might encounter while watching birds (or interacting with people who do), filled with the style of humor and illustration the author brings to her comics. - Birding Is My Favorite Video Game
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Rosemary Mosco
A fun collection of cartoons about nature (not just birds!) collected from Bird and Moon. Mostly funny, a few serious. - Doom Patrol β β β β β An absurd, character-focused, darkly humorous, psychological take on people with the super-power/body horror combo.
- Dr. Horribleβs Sing-Along Blog A campy take on the super-hero genre, from the point of view of a D-list villain trying to make it to the big leagues.
- Ghostbusters β β β β β The jokes are still funny, the story still works, and even the effects hold up pretty well.
- The Glass Mendacity
This spoof of Tennessee Williamsβ most famous plays is funny on its own, but even funnier if you know the source material. - iZombie (graphic novels)
A horror/comedy that ranges from Scooby Doo to Lovecraft by way of Moorcock, featuring thinking zombies, vampires who run paintball, ghosts, secret societies, and a were-terrier. Off the wall concepts and a clean, sharp art style that contrasts with the monsters and gore. The TV series was loosely based on these comics. - Pebble and Wren
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Chris Hallbeck
Hilarious and heartwarming tale of a girl and the monster who lives under her bed. - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off β β β β β The cartoon is both wackier and more introspective than the source material. Sort of a mash-up of the movie and comics, sort of a reunion, sort of a remake, and sort of a What If.
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (Movie) β β β β β Itβs a fun mash-up of movie, comic book and video game sensibilities, though it does suffer from cramming six books into a single movie.
- Short Circuit β β β β β The comedy about a robot coming to life and the humans trying to catch him or help him escape holds up better than I expected.
- Space Oddity
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Catherynne Valente
Not quite as fun as the first book, but itβs just as absurd and chaotic, and exactly what I needed in the weeks leading up to the 2024 election. - Space Opera
Fun sci-fi social satire from Catherynne Valente. The world is a mess, but we can find the sublime in chaos. - Squirrel With a Gun β β β β β Fun, absurd, and absurdly fun. Yes, you play as a squirrel, outrunning and outgunning secret agents and charming the civilians.
- Star Trek: Lower Decks β β β β β Hilarious self-parody of TNG-era Star Trek. Funny on its own, but even better if you know the shows itβs riffing on.
- Starter Villain
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John Scalzi
A fun, fast read, parodying the James Bond Villain archetype. With talking dolphins and typing cats. - Tales From The Bully Pulpit
A sci-fi comedy graphic novel featuring a time-traveling Teddy Roosevelt and the ghost of Thomas Edison, battling a descendant of Adolf Hitler. On Mars. Wearing mecha armor. - Tune in Tomorrow
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Randee Dawn
A fun romp through backstage theater, mystery, soap opera, mythology, fandom and screwball comedy romance tropes. (whew!) - Xanadu (Stage Musical)
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Segerstrom Center, 2009
The stage musical of Xanadu is a silly, self-aware parody that revels in its camp. I really liked about 10% of it. The rest, not so much. - Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
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Maureen Johnson and Jay Cooper
A delightful parody of every English countryside murder mystery trope, as a guidebook to a village that has them all.
Blog Posts
- The Weirdβ¦
Last night we went out to the Orange County Fair to see βWeird Alβ Yankovic in concert (the Straight Outta Lynwood Tour). I donβt remember how we managed it, but we got tickets for the fifth row, putting us about 10 feet from the stage. We were off to the side, maybe 20β30 feet from [β¦]
- Itβs Aliiive! Girl Genius Arrives Online
Studio Foglio has been posting the last few pages of Issue #13 (which ended on a rather intriguing clifhanger) over the past few weeks, and on Monday, they posted the first brand-new page at GirlGeniusOnline.com, just three weeks after they announced that the comic would move to the web. Girl Genius follows the steampunk adventures [β¦]
- Girl Genius moves to the web
Hereβs some surprising news: Phil and Kaja Foglioβs excellent comic book Girl Genius is moving from print to the web: Girl Genius Online. They plan to have new pages up three times a week, and release graphic novels once a year. Iβm of mixed feelings here. On one hand, I like being able to hold [β¦]