This half page (taken from an article in The Comics Journal) is the only image I could find from Unsupervised Existence, written and drawn by Terry LaBan. It was once considered one of the best comics of the nineties. I remembered this scene of the cab drivers' writing workshop and wanted to include it for National Poetry Month. It was a tougher undertaking than I thought it would be.
My then girlfriend, Lynne Sticklor, had one of the collections from that series. Love's Not a Three Dollar Fare. I had the other one, International Bob. I loved LaBan's depiction of city life and its inhabitants struggling to both exist and matter. The strips in Love's Not a Three Dollar Fare seemed like some kind of commentary on our relationship. If not for the sex scenes (again, it was the nineties), this book could have been required reading in schools. Hopefully, someone can collect the entire series before it's completely forgotten.
No comments:
Post a Comment