Dude Can't Chat Nuthin'

In the 6 years that Doug Holgate and I have been working with Christian Read the longest running (and probally the funniest) gag is the "Chicks dig artists" bit.
This FACT always gets C-mans goat. He's a sucker for it!
Thinking about this, you'd find it hard to believe that the fairer sex finds the pencil-pushers more attractive then the wordsmith. I mean, do you think Shakespear ever had problems picking up?
But it's true! Sooooo many times and soooo many stories that illustrate this FACT.
Maybe it's the C-mans material. Perhaps girls don't really dig stories about guys in tights punching each other and shooting laser beams from their mouths, or stories about squid animals and hill-billies?

What ever the reasoning, it's funny to poke fun of him. We disrespect him cos we respect him!

But C-man is actually a very talented writer and a good sport. As can be seen in the story he wrote for me to illustrate. It's called "DUDE IN THE COAT CAN'T CHAT UP NUTHIN" and it continues the semi-autobiographical adventures of C-mans Dudecoat.
It's like..... fuck, it's like Senfield with swearing and booze and punk rock and smoking and chicks and stuff.....

I honestly think he writes his best when he does this stuff! (although his Eldritch Kid was pretty fantastic!)
The story is being published in and anthology called Dee Vee. Dee Vee has been around for awhile and is a pretty special book. Internationally distributed, highly acclaimed, great talent contributers, heaps of indie-comix cred.
So it's a bit of a privelage to be doing something for them.
This panel from said story nicely illustrates the FACT:



Here are some details from Dee Vee publisher about the book:
"Sixty four pages of monochromatic lurve for $10 from:
Eddie Campbell;
James Kochalka;
Mandy Ord;
Daren White;
Michael Evans;
Christian Read;
Scott Fraser;
Daniel Best;
Andrew Finlayson; and
Lee Slattery.

This book will be exclusively available from our table at the Brisbane Supanova, on 9th and 10th April, and from the Top Shelf table at the San Diego Comicon in mid July. Myself, Eddie and Dan will be present at both conventions to sign, deface or give legal and financial advice (the latter two services attracting prevailing hourly rates).

The book is also available by mail-order from www.deeveepress.com , where there should be preview pages shortly. "


ON another related note, C-man left Australia yesterday to go and make it big in New York! He plans to hit that town and get into many adventures! All of which is tax deductible as it's research for future Dudecoat stories!

All the best Big Daddy. Hope you have an enjoyable year. Get yourself a comfy couch and we'll see about me popping over to mooch for awhile!!

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