Blessed Be
by Rick Altergott
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Pub Date Apr 30 2024 | Archive Date Jan 23 2024
Fantagraphics Books | Fantagraphics
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Description
Altergott’s farcical earnest cast of smalltown bums, outlaws, hippies, bikers, and babes — with names like Father John Beggarweed, Stink Hair Stu, Rubberneck Nelson, Muttonchop O’Rourke, et. al. — intertwine in a web of crime and mystery involving satanic ritual, religious tracts curiously popping up around town, naked fishermen, and psychedelic drugs, driving the narrative to ever-greater depths of hilarity (even though none of his characters are in on the jokes). Blessed Be reads like an R-rated Mad magazine parody of Our Town written by John Waters and drawn by Mort Drucker and Wally Wood. Altergott both skewers and celebrates an eerie realm of ’70s men’s magazines and small-town conservatism. A cult favorite since the 1990s amongst intellectuals and philistines alike for his impeccably crafted brand of lowbrow humor, cartoonist Rick Altergott has never crafted a full-length graphic novel — until now.
Advance Praise
"A razor-sharp satire of conservative values, bohemian ideals, outlaw culture, capitalism, and more, from a creator evincing a powerful, if idiosyncratic, vision of modern American life." — Library Journal Starred Review
"Rick Altergott is the unsung genius of American comedy. An amazingly well-crafted conflation of queasy psychology, sub-moronic toilet humor, and fine art." — Daniel Clowes (Ghost World)
"Altergott's narrative tone resembles an educational video voice-over, while his dialogue explodes with outdated hipster lingo, beatnik terms, pseudo-psychology and small-town weirdness. Better witnessed than explained, Doofus is a fantastic compendium of American marginalia and degradation." — Publishers Weekly
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Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781683967781 |
| PRICE | $24.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 152 |
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