This Book Is Good - Go Die #1

Mark P. Slee's comic strip, Go Die, was JUST ahead of its time, as its cynical, outrageous humor and over-the-top violence would have fit in perfectly in the world post-South Park, but when it became popular on college and indie newspapers in the early 90s, it was definitely a bit...different. In 1993, Threshold Press put out a collection of Go Die strips in a comic book, Go Die #1. If you ever manage to come across this comic - buy it! It is sick, but quite humorous, as I'll explain in a moment, with an introduction of the cast of characters (courtesy of the only Go Die site I know, which has not changed since I first found it on the net about seven years ago, http://www.godie.com/home.html)...

First off, sorry you have to click on each strip to read it clearly - weird quirk in blogger's photo-hosting. At least, by clicking, you DO get a full image, which is nice.



This is Ron, a college student (looks kinda old for a college student, though)...



Ron owns Spoon, a drug-addicted, alcoholic dog.



Ron's young neighbor, Billy, is a violent psychopath.







Ron's next-door neighbors are the married couple, Dead Guy and Naked Lady...





Most of the strips, though, just involve Ron and Spoon, making a lot of deadpan jokes.













Well, I think you've had a good taste - I happen to love Go Die, but the humor is certainly not for everybody. I hope I've shared enough that you can figure if the humor is too twisted for you.

Finally, TEN (which is a lot) cool points to the person who can tell me what Mark P. Slee is up to nowadays!

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