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Published May, 2006
Cover illustration by Al Jaffee and Johnny Ryan



124VICE MAIL
Letters - The Comics Issue
ANTI-BULIMIA LEAGUE
Listen, I don't really like to read about chicks puking or starving themselves or whatever. Why would I? It's not pleasant. You may as well just print an "article" about a guy...Read more
125THE COMICS ISSUE

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126VICE COMICS
By Steven Weissman
PLAYING HIDE AND GO SEEK WITH AMERICA'S SAUCE...Read more
127VICE COMICS
By Marc Bell
OL' MUG...Read more
128GARBAGE PAIL DADS

You may not know this, but there's a debate raging in the novelty-gross-out-cards industry--a debate of such heady implications that were it to rumble its way up into mainstream awareness, it could rattle loose the foundations of how we think about art altoget...Read more
129VICE COMICS
By Gary Lieb
GOOD FRIENDS...Read more
130VICE COMICS
By Dave Cooper
EDDY TABLE'S...Read more
131VICE COMICS
By Jordan Crane
WOE IS ME!...Read more
132TIDBITS (RIFLING THROUGH COMICS ARTISTS' PERSONAL BELONGINGS)
A Monthly Look At Things We Love - The Comics Issue - Part 1
INK-BOTTLE RIG
This contraption allows me to dip my nib just inches from my drawing, thereby avoiding an exhausting reach of a foot or so waaaay over to the side table. I know it sounds...Read more
133VICE COMICS
By Martin Cendreda
HERBERT HOUND IN "THAT DAWG"...Read more
135VICE COMICS
By Johnny Ryan
REHAB...Read more
136VICE COMICS
By Lorna Miller
SHITFACED...Read more
137VICE COMICS
By Sam Henderson
BONER POLICE...Read more
139VICE COMICS
By Tony Millionaire
ONE NIGHT IN 1974...Read more
140VICE FASHION - REAL LIFE SUPERHEROES

Photos by Chris Glancy
Styling by Rachel Gilman

Vice: Why Aquaman?...Read more
141VICE COMICS
By Al Jaffee
ROLLICKING RESPONSES TO INANE INQUIRIES...Read more
142VICE COMICS
By Kaz Strzepek
HIPSTER HUNTER...Read more
143VICE COMICS
By Onsmith
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145VICE COMICS
By Rick Altergott
RICHARD & HENRY HOTCHKISS...Read more
146STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
Marc Bell Still Hates Us
We go so far back with Marc Bell we can remember when he didn't have pubes. He used to do stuff during Voice of Montreal days a million years ago and made so much money doing that he was not able to eat or pay...Read more
147VICE COMICS
By Sammy Harkham
MOTHER FUCKER...Read more
148VICE COMICS
By Kurt Wolfgang
FUNNIES...Read more
150DAVE COOPER HATES COMICS
Because He Is a Fucker
Dave Cooper has been our dawg since forever. In fact, we go back with him to days he doesn't even want to remember (anyone see Pressed Tongue?). We did Pip & Norton with him back in the 80s and ran it in Vice and there were even rumors tha...Read more
151VICE COMICS
By Richard Cowdry
SO, YOU WANT TO BE AN ARTIST?...Read more
152VICE COMICS
By Robert Crumb
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153VICE COMICS
By Patrick Dean
BUT DOCTOR, WILL I STILL BE ABLE TO PLAY THE PIANO?...Read more
154VICE COMICS
By Vanessa Davis
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155BEN CHO

This is a group of 16-year-old quadruplets that I know. They were born and raised in Williamsburg, where they go to a private school....Read more
156COMICS TERROR
Lorna Miller
There are only three good things that have ever come from the UK and one of them is Lorna Miller. (The other two are Judge Dredd and Mr. Belvedere.) Lorna is the creator of the comic Witch and the online comic strip Hot Pea Special. It's pretty w...Read more
157VICE COMICS
By Cole Johnson
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158VICE FASHION - HUMAN CARTOONS

Photos by Taz Darling
Styling by Aldene Johnson...Read more
159VICE COMICS
By Karl Wills
JESSICA AND THE JAWBREAKERS IN "YOU CAN BE MY BABY LITTLE BUNNY"...Read more
160LITERARY/I WANT MY DVDS
Book/Movie Reviews - The Comics Issue
THE SKULLZ PRESS COMPENDIUM
This is a compilation of basically everything Giant’s ever done. Him and Scott Campbell from Saved are the best sources for tattoo ideas in the whole world. There, I said it...Read more
161VICE COMICS
By Raymond Ahn
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162VICE COMICS
By Ted May
THE PERILS OF HERACLES...Read more
163VICE COMICS
By Martin Kellerman
ROCKY HAS DINNER WITH RUFF SQWAD...Read more
165VICE COMICS
By Pete Fowler
SOUNDS OF MONSTERISM ISLAND 6...Read more
166HEY ANIME FAN!
Tell Us About Your Costume
Kyukun, Yuki & Panda
How much time did you spend on your costumes? Like eight hours?
Yuki
: WHAT, are you CRAZY?! We have about 40 or more hours each on...Read more
167VICE COMICS
By David Choe
FINGER BANGER...Read more
168VICE COMICS
By Sarah Chadwick from Batrider
WHEN I DIE GOD WILL LOVE ME BECAUSE......Read more
169VICE COMICS
By Lorenzo Van Der Lingen
ZOOM TOWN BLOOS...Read more
170BLACK SHIPS ATE THIS GUY
Current 93 Has A Vision
The bonafide masterpiece of a new record by goth folk hero Current 93 (a.k.a. David Tibet) is about black ships flying in the sky, the return of Christ, and the Antichrist (in the form of Cæsar) battling for control of the universe. It's beautiful, heavy, and ...Read more
171VICE COMICS
By Mary Fleener
ASK DR. ROCK!...Read more
173VICE COMICS
By Liz Prince
DRUNK FOR 24 HOURS...Read more
174VICE COMICS
By Dennis Worden
BIG PLANS...Read more
175VICE COMICS
By Vincent Juggernaut
FUTURE OF MUSIC...Read more
176VICE FASHION - COMPLETISTS

Photos by Tomas Leth
Styling by Alan Innes...Read more
177VICE COMICS
By Rowan Tedge
WITTY!...Read more
178VICE COMICS
By John Kershbaum
THE SNEAKY PEANUT AND THE SUBTLE SAUSAGE...Read more
179VICE COMICS
By Milano Chow & Fred Armisen
FLYING STAND-BY...Read more
180VICE COMICS
By Dan Zettwoch
FUN FACTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT THE ST. LOUIS ARCH!...Read more
181GARBAGE TROVE
Mark Newgarden's Treasure is Another Man's Trash
Being in Mark Newgarden's house in Brooklyn is like hanging out in the brain of a middle-aged acid casualty. Every visible inch of space is crammed with so much grinning, bug-eyed ephemera from the last century of comics, you'd think you'd died and gone...Read more
182COMIC BOOK HERO
Peter Bagge Keeps Hate Alive
Peter Bagge is one of the best comic storytellers ever. He's the creator of Neat Stuff and Hate, and he edited R. Crumb's Weirdo for a few years. Hate was one of the most important comics ever produced. That's like saying SwankRead more
183VICE COMICS
By Peter Bagge
THE "EXPERT"...Read more
184VICE COMICS
By Simon James
GIRL MOUNTAIN...Read more
185VICE COMICS
By Sophie Crumb
JOHNNY DRUNKROC IN "GETTIN' SOBER"...Read more
186RECORDS
Music Reviews - The Comics Issue
ESOTERIC
Too Much Posse

Some relevant facts about this album: [1] fittingly for the comics issue it features a humorous comic involving a pterodactyl; [2] the pterodactyl theme continues inside...Read more
188VICE COMICS
By Albert Bertolin
WAS PASSIERT MIT DEN VERLORENENKINDERN...Read more
190VICE COMICS
By Bongoût
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191VICE COMICS
By TD Thomas
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192VICE COMICS
By Raymond Pettibon
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193VICE COMICS
By Hot Chip
HOT CHIP NOVELTY THEATRE...Read more
194NO MORE JEWS
Sammy Harkham Predicts the End of Comics
Sammy Harkham is one of our favorite bearded guys in LA, and definitely our favorite one who draws. It's been a good while since someone in the comics world has been able to pull off existential ruminating without it devolving into one big humorless precious-f...Read more
195VICE COMICS
By Kevin McCarthy
SKINEMA...Read more