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MOME #5
MOME Fall 2006
The fifth volume of the acclaimed quarterly comics anthology.
This acclaimed, reasonably priced, quarterly anthology runs approximately 120 pages per volume and spotlights a regular cast of a dozen of today's most exciting cartoonists. "Mome" is quickly earning a reputation as the premiere literary anthology in comics. Think of something like "The Believer" or "Granta"--especially in regard to iconic design, format, and content--but with comics.
The fifth volume of "Mome" includes the following: Tim Hensley ("Weird Tales of the Ramones") returns for the first time since the third volume with the first-installment of his first book-length story, titled "Gropius," which tells the story of teen millionaire Wally Gropius, who will be disinherited unless he marries the saddest girl on earth; Martin Cendreda depicts a mostly wordless, surreal adventure starring three peculiar musicians, and what happens when they get together to make music; Kurt Wolfgang delivers "Nothing Eve.," a story about the day before the end of the world; David Heatley ("Deadpan, McSweeney's") contributes several short "portrait comics"; Paul Hornschemeier continues "Life with Mr. Dangerous," a full-color narrative about a young woman who struggles to define a life outside of the example her mother provides, spending far too much time watching a cartoon called "Mr. Dangerous"; Andrice Arp ("Hi-Horse") contributes another retelling of ancient Japanese fairy tales in a lovely two-color format. The issue also features an interview with Anrice Arp, conducted by Gary Groth, and new work by Anders Nilsen (in full-color), Jeffrey Brown (of "Clumsy, Big Head ," and "McSweeney's" fame), Gabrielle Bell ("Scheherazade"), Jonathan Bennett ("Esoteric Tales"), and Sophie Crumb ("Belly Button Comix").
This acclaimed, reasonably priced, quarterly anthology runs approximately 120 pages per volume and spotlights a regular cast of a dozen of today's most exciting cartoonists. "Mome" is quickly earning a reputation as the premiere literary anthology in comics. Think of something like "The Believer" or "Granta"--especially in regard to iconic design, format, and content--but with comics.
The fifth volume of "Mome" includes the following: Tim Hensley ("Weird Tales of the Ramones") returns for the first time since the third volume with the first-installment of his first book-length story, titled "Gropius," which tells the story of teen millionaire Wally Gropius, who will be disinherited unless he marries the saddest girl on earth; Martin Cendreda depicts a mostly wordless, surreal adventure starring three peculiar musicians, and what happens when they get together to make music; Kurt Wolfgang delivers "Nothing Eve.," a story about the day before the end of the world; David Heatley ("Deadpan, McSweeney's") contributes several short "portrait comics"; Paul Hornschemeier continues "Life with Mr. Dangerous," a full-color narrative about a young woman who struggles to define a life outside of the example her mother provides, spending far too much time watching a cartoon called "Mr. Dangerous"; Andrice Arp ("Hi-Horse") contributes another retelling of ancient Japanese fairy tales in a lovely two-color format. The issue also features an interview with Anrice Arp, conducted by Gary Groth, and new work by Anders Nilsen (in full-color), Jeffrey Brown (of "Clumsy, Big Head ," and "McSweeney's" fame), Gabrielle Bell ("Scheherazade"), Jonathan Bennett ("Esoteric Tales"), and Sophie Crumb ("Belly Button Comix").
120 pages, Paperback
First published September 26, 2001
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March 6, 2018
Bad. Just bad. Most stories made no sense.
January 28, 2019
Best comic: There's so much good stuff in this issue! It's a toss-up between "Me and the Buddha" by Anders Nilsen, "A Story of the Oki Islands" by Andrice Arp, Gabrielle Bell's California diary comics, and Tim Hensley's delightful "Wally Gropius, Teen Millionaire" strips.
Worst comic: This is the first issue of Mome without a single comic I disliked. But I guess Robert Goodin's "3 Legged Myrna and her Two Lovers" didn't do much for me.
Comic that's not really a comic, but is fascinating anyways: "Art History Notes/Faux Paper" by Anders Nilsen.
Worst comic: This is the first issue of Mome without a single comic I disliked. But I guess Robert Goodin's "3 Legged Myrna and her Two Lovers" didn't do much for me.
Comic that's not really a comic, but is fascinating anyways: "Art History Notes/Faux Paper" by Anders Nilsen.
August 12, 2017
Stand outs include:
Zak Sally - Two Idiot Brothers in "Get a Shovel"
- It was pretty hilarious and had a nice art style with huge bold text covering most of the panels.
Jeffrey Brown - I Feel Like I Don't Even Know You
- Brown meditates on metaphysics. The story has some very nice colors and sees Brown experimenting with interesting visual ideas.
Andrice Arp - A Story of Oki Islands
- a pleasant japanese mythic tale of a young girl in search of her father. I actually just now recall her wonderful story in Graphic Canon vol 1. I think in my review of that book I mentioned wanting to find more of her work!
Robert Goodin - 3 Legged Myrna and her 2 Lovers
- A love story about woman born with two vagina who has two lovers but after she gives birth she ditches the one in order to just be with the father of the baby. Errr.
Not as good as other volumes in the series. There was a few stories that I didn't bother to finish.
Zak Sally - Two Idiot Brothers in "Get a Shovel"
- It was pretty hilarious and had a nice art style with huge bold text covering most of the panels.
Jeffrey Brown - I Feel Like I Don't Even Know You
- Brown meditates on metaphysics. The story has some very nice colors and sees Brown experimenting with interesting visual ideas.
Andrice Arp - A Story of Oki Islands
- a pleasant japanese mythic tale of a young girl in search of her father. I actually just now recall her wonderful story in Graphic Canon vol 1. I think in my review of that book I mentioned wanting to find more of her work!
Robert Goodin - 3 Legged Myrna and her 2 Lovers
- A love story about woman born with two vagina who has two lovers but after she gives birth she ditches the one in order to just be with the father of the baby. Errr.
Not as good as other volumes in the series. There was a few stories that I didn't bother to finish.
April 26, 2020
Worst of the nine Mome volumes I've read.
A. Nilsen makes me yawn my gaping maw. Isn't he so deep?
Sure he is but his is mental gymnastics on a notepad shtick lulls me into thinking I can start being a published creator if I put my personal philosophizing and conjecturing on paper (in sequence!) with some advanced doodling and my seemingly insightful/critical half-written wisdoms.
He drastically waters down both by not committing to writing OR art.
~AutobioBell~ is akin to an incredibly bland photo album with notes. It's "Gabbie's Grab-Bag o' Boring"! Slapping up a title that's bound to the entire interior isn't a story and the panels stand completely alone within the "action" the majority of the time.
She pulled off a "story" in volume three if you count the "myself coming up with a story" as such. I guess I'll focus on her lazily hot bod with her cute hats. (Seriously- her AutoAesthetic attracts me.)
I'm shocked that she thought her minutiae (which she also uses as a title) is of such an interest that a publisher* would print it without staples?
*GarGaRoth.
Just like he prints his smooooth interviewing prowess.
He's quite an insufferable clownshoe.
No- I've never been spurned/criticized by him. It's tragic to think that a new creator must aspire to that since it would show the industry that they're worthy of such eminent time.
A. Nilsen makes me yawn my gaping maw. Isn't he so deep?
Sure he is but his is mental gymnastics on a notepad shtick lulls me into thinking I can start being a published creator if I put my personal philosophizing and conjecturing on paper (in sequence!) with some advanced doodling and my seemingly insightful/critical half-written wisdoms.
He drastically waters down both by not committing to writing OR art.
~AutobioBell~ is akin to an incredibly bland photo album with notes. It's "Gabbie's Grab-Bag o' Boring"! Slapping up a title that's bound to the entire interior isn't a story and the panels stand completely alone within the "action" the majority of the time.
She pulled off a "story" in volume three if you count the "myself coming up with a story" as such. I guess I'll focus on her lazily hot bod with her cute hats. (Seriously- her AutoAesthetic attracts me.)
I'm shocked that she thought her minutiae (which she also uses as a title) is of such an interest that a publisher* would print it without staples?
*GarGaRoth.
Just like he prints his smooooth interviewing prowess.
He's quite an insufferable clownshoe.
No- I've never been spurned/criticized by him. It's tragic to think that a new creator must aspire to that since it would show the industry that they're worthy of such eminent time.
February 23, 2010
Tim Hensley's "Wally Gropius" stuff starts in this one and that stuff is RAD. freakin' hilarious. More Sophie Crumb stuff I'm not into, more Anders Nilsen i'm not into, good Mr. Dangerous, good Gabrielle Bell. The major standout awesome incredible super-rad story in here is "3-legged Myrna & Her Two Lovers", which is twisted and amazing and effed up. Another standout was "Nothing Eve" by Kurt Wolfgang.
recommended.
recommended.
December 29, 2008
I've especially been enjoying Andrice Arp's "incidental drawings" and adaptations of ancient Japanese folklore in the various issues of MOME. Robert Goodin's story of "3 Legged Myrna and Her 2 Lovers" was also interesting. I'm already interested in several of the ongoing characters in the MOME anthologies, so I'm sure I'll end up reading them all and being inspired toward countless innovations.
June 9, 2016
This is the worst issue yet.
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