Comments on: B. Kliban

By: Tim Kreider

Tim Kreider — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 13:15:34 +0000

I second everything you’ve said. No better evidence is available for the proposition that There’s No Damn Justice in the World than the neglect of Kliban’s books and fading of his reputation. I have the original of “Dirty Fat Person Sits on President’s Face” hanging in the wall over the desk where I’m writing this, and it will be one of the few possessions I lug through the blighted ashscape with me when civilization finally collapses.

You might be interested in my essay on his cartoons, originaly published in the Comics Journal and available in the “writings” section of my website, thepaincomics.com, though it takes a good deal more time to say the same thing you have here, which is, essentially, read his books–they’re amazing.

By: Rick Parker

Rick Parker — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:42:19 +0000

I love the guy’s work and he occupies a special place in the order of the universe.

By: andrew

andrew — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 22:35:31 +0000

i hadn’t seen that cartoon before but i’ll never forget it.

it reminds me, i was listening to a show on the radio years ago and somebody was asked their favourite cartoon. whoever it was described a cartoon of two hippotamuses side by side in a swamp somewhere. one says to the other, “i keep thinking it’s thursday”!

By: Gerald Wilgus

Gerald Wilgus — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 01:49:23 +0000

Love to eat them mousies
Mousie’s what I love to eat.
Bite they little heads off
Nibble on they tiny feet.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:05:07 +0000

That’s a great find. Glad you enjoyed your first taste of Kliban.

By: Charley Parker

Charley Parker — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:03:21 +0000

DanO,

My pleasure.

By: Some Guy

Some Guy — Tue, 12 Dec 2006 05:34:04 +0000

I just read my first kliban book today (never eat anything bigger than your head which I purchased for $1.50 at a comic book store) and I laughed almost the whole way through. But I do have to admit that i’m not the largest fan of some of the lame puns, but w/e it was still the funniest thing i’ve seen in a long time.

By: DanO

DanO — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 20:26:14 +0000

maybe i missed it, but i didn’t see the word “genius” used in your piece on B. Kliban. i throw out that word endlessly whenever i describe my absolute favorite artists, so let me compliment you on your restraint.
i just think the world of B. Kliban. his books definitely changed the way i viewed the world from when i first discovered them as a kid.
thanks so much for writing this entry about him.