Astromutts #1 | AstroMutts #1 © Dek Baker (script) & Tony Lawrence (art) |
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One topic that is covered in many psychology courses is the strange similarity between the styles of children's drawings at various ages; at 3, they draw Daddy as a big face with arms and legs; at 5, they draw him with a body, but giant fingers and ears; and at around 25 or so, they draw an issue of Astromutts. A corollary to the theory is the eerie similarity of style amongst folks who
can't draw; not only does Tony Lawrence draw badly in the way everyone else draws
badly, he is also convinced he actually can draw, so draws badly with gusto and
enthusiasm. The plot (4 dogs fired into space in 1965 are discovered in 2877 evolved into
anthropomorphic space dog people) mainly consists of vainly trying to tie up 2
loose ends for every 3 generated, and even by the admission of one of the characters
'makes little or no sense whatever'. Thus, despite Dek being a stalwart of small
press for many years, I cannot advise anyone to send him the 75p required for
one of these unless recovering from experimental brain surger. |
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