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Each issue of Blab! gets better and better, and Blab! #7 sets another high-water mark. There are two Chris Ware "Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth" stories: one on the inside covers and another 11-pager on the inside. Ware's unbelievably bleak, depressing, lonely stories are almost always overshadowed by his incredible design and illustration. Many of the Blab! regulars are back: Richard Sala with his rhyming examination of nutcases ("Psychodrama"); Doug Allen with another great Steven tale ("Bang"); Spain's underground reminiscence ("The Shadow of Fred Tooté"); Mary Fleener's tale of a white-trash woman gone mad ("Ashes of Passion"); and the wonderfully funny "Necropolis Keester in Psychobabylon" by Skip Williamson, which includes the great line, "Madam! As much as I have enjoyed your company I fear I must be off inasmuch as we have spent your entire life savings on Harvey Wallbangers." The real bonus of Blab! #7 is the new talent, specifically Terry Laban, who weaves a satirical cautionary tale called "Porn," and Marc Trujillo, whose "Tales from the Land of Plenty" is a wonderful rumination on banality.
Blab! : Blab No. 7,Monte Beauchamp,Kitchen Sink Press,0878161945,Comics & Cartoons,General,Humor
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