Thursday, December 16, 2021

New Release: The Kabuki Comic by Joe Wylie

Above: The Kabuki Comic by Joe Wylie. Copyright Joe Wylie 2021.

Following on from the limited edition release of Joe Wylie's The Adventures of Maureen Cringe comic book in February (read about it HERE), Spanko Comics publisher Matthew Campbell Downes has produced a follow-up, The Kabuki Comic - a second collection of Joe Wylie's comics originally published in Strips #7, 8, 9, 10 and 13. For the uninitiated, Joe Wylie was an original contributor to Strips, New Zealand's first widely distributed anthology comic series in the late 1970s, which featured a number of cartoonists who have gone on to have successful careers in the comics and arts scene, including Colin Wilson, Barry Linton, Judy Darragh, Grant Major and many more.

Above: Artwork from The Kabuki Comic by Joe Wylie.

Picking up where The Adventures of Maureen Cringe left off, The Kabuki Comic continues Maureen's adventures in the 26th century with Ultratibetan musical warrior Omo K'Chang in Kabuki, alongside other strips, Decline of the West parts 1 & 2 and  K'ta2. Wylie's artwork continues to evolve in these new chapters - the psychedelic energy is still present, but the details feel cleaner and more polished, with some great uses of Zip-A-Tone.

Above: A poster of the cover of Strips #8.

As a great bonus, there also a tipped in poster reproduction of Joe Wylie's Strips #8 (1978)!

Spanko Comics has also reprinted The Adventures of Maureen Cringe for those who missed out on the first edition. Both of these titles are a limited run of 100 copies, available now directly from Spanko Comics for $10 each via this TradeMe link HERE (or search on TradeMe for 'Joe Wylie').

The great news is the proceeds are going to Joe Wylie himself, so this is a great opportunity to support one of our great cartoonist and get your hands on some of his long out-of-print comics before they sell out!

- AK!



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