The Return of Stickman #1376

I drew this strip because I wanted to see how many people had a similar experience.

The Comic Critic Reviews Parents

I spent most of my movie rental money in the ‘80s trying to discover horror movie sleepers. During this intense study, I suffered through many bad movies. However, many hours of torture yielded a few gems. I also learned that I enjoyed a very specific sub-genre of horror move, the darkly comedic cannibal flick. I occasionally wonder why the idea of people eating other people is funny, but I wonder more if the next movie will be as good as the last. Since special effects cost money, much of the grisly stuff going on is implied. Of course, this means that a lot of attention is paid to the script, often with pretty good story-telling. And one of my favorite films in this genre is Parents.

Please send me your suggestions for dark-comedy cannibal movies. Here’s a list of cannibal-related films I’ve seen:

Blood Diner
Blood Feast
A Boy and His Dog
C.H.U.D.
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, & Her Lover
Delicatessen
Eating Raul
The Hills Have Eyes
Killer Clowns from Outer Space
Luther the Geek
Motel Hell
Ravenous
Silence of the Lambs
Sweeney Todd
The Time Machine
Two Thousand Maniacs

The Return of Stickman #1375

I wonder if they were waiting for all the old birds to die off before bringing them to trial. Here is the news story that inspired this strip.

The Return of Stickman #1374

Here's the news story that inspired today's strip.

The Return of Stickman #1373

The news story that inspired this strip.

The Return of Stickman #1372

That's one BBQ I'm glad I missed.

The Comic Critic Reviews Ghost Rider

I’m still not going to talk about the results of the court case between Gary Friedrich and Marvel Comics. I might when I get around to reviewing the sequel to Ghost Rider. What I am going to discuss is how a sequel can be better than the original. I get complaints from my fans when I review movies out of sequence. So rather than enjoying myself at the theater watching the sequel, I stayed home and watched the first Ghost Rider, a DVD I’d picked up from a pile of “Free” stuff when a number of other friends and I helped our friend and comic book store owner, John Munn, move. I also picked up a copy of The Maltese Falcon. I’m going to hold onto The Maltese Falcon because it’s Classic Noir with some great actors. I’m not sure what to do with Ghost Rider. Perhaps I’ll give it as a prize to the first person to make a purchase at my table in Artists’ Alley at the next Emerald City Comicon.