Brain went walkies. Hopefully back soon.
Meanwhile, less words, more pictures.
Mary Fleener has a word for those comics that draw heavily on the lives of the creators - Biographix.
I like it. And it reflects her roots in the underground comix world.
NOTE: The last page of Mary's Career Opportunities contains nudity. Rather than leave the readers hanging at the end,
One of the many fascinating things about Mary Fleener's artwork relates to her wordless, or sparsely worded, 'cubismo' styled strips. With so much going on in them, and so much able to be read into them, some can be chopped up into pieces and mixed into a new dish...
...or doings with a magical wishing fish -
It's a weirdly beautiful world Mary lives in. Of course, that does no justice to 20 pages of story, but it can be so
easy to lose oneself in the visuals that story will construct itself. (Or is it just my head that works that way?)
Before we dive deeper into Mary Fleener's comics, let's take a gander (a goose, even, if that's your preference) at a mutant handful more of her covers -
If you're only going to have one Mary Fleener comic publication, ^this^ is the one you want. Over 150 pages of her comics collected from various publications over the previous two decades. It's a terrific party for your eyes and brain.
covers by Mary Fleener for the books of which they're covers (Duh)
Yesterday was fun & games, not (overt) puzzles, so no Saturday Solutions are required. Instead, we'll carry on with the Fleener Fun all day today. Let's start with Mary Fleener's first comic work - a 1984 mini-comic created in collaboration with John Eberly-
In its way, a better "Love Story" than Romeo & Juliet. After all - it lasted more than two days,they weren't infatuated teenagers, they didn't kill anyone, and they lived happy together. True Love is usually deeply disturbing, eh?
They Were In Love from John Eberly and Mary Fleener (1984)