Studs Kirby

by Peter Bagge, Hernán Migoya (Translator)

Recopilación de historietas de "Studs Kirby", una de las series publicadas dentro de la antología-revista "Mundo Idiota", previstamente publicada en formato comic-book.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Humor

100 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Peter Bagge is an American cartoonist known for his irreverent, kinetic style and his incisive, black-humored portrayals of middle-class American youth. He first gained recognition with Neat Stuff, which introduced characters such as Buddy Bradley, Girly-Girl, and The Bradleys, and followed it with Hate, his best-known work, which ran through the 1990s and later as annuals. Bagge’s comics often exaggerate the frustrations, absurdities, and reduced expectations of ordinary life, combining influences from Warner Brothers cartoons, underground comix, and classic cartoonists like Bob Clampett, Tex Avery, and Robert Crumb. Beyond satire and fiction, Bagge has produced fact-based comics journalism, biographies, and historical comics, contributing to outlets such as suck.com, MAD Magazine, toonlet, Discover, and Reason. His biographical works include Woman Rebel, about Margaret Sanger, Fire!!, on Zora Neale Hurston, and Credo, on Rose Wilder Lane. Bagge has collaborated with major publishers including Fantagraphics, DC Comics, Dark Horse, and Marvel, producing works such as Yeah!, Sweatshop, Apocalypse Nerd, Other Lives, and Reset. He has also worked in animation, creating Flash cartoons and animated commercials, and has been active as a musician in bands such as The Action Suits and Can You Imagine. Bagge’s signature art style is elastic, energetic, and exaggerated, capturing movement and comic expression in a way that amplifies both humor and social commentary. His personal politics are libertarian, frequently reflected in his comics and essays, and he has been a longtime contributor to Reason magazine. Bagge’s work combines biting satire, historical insight, and a relentless visual inventiveness, making him a central figure in American alternative comics for over four decades.

Reviews

[Joni · Rating 4 out of 5]

Studs Kirby es un polémico locutor de radio, de los que les gusta agitar el avispero como quién dice.
Mucho del perfil del personaje (¿y del autor?) hoy puede resultar escandaloso. El tipo es misógino, se burla del feminismo al punto de desear que ilegalicen el aborto solo para fastidiarlas.
No creo en la corrección política pero ciertas postura puede resultar chocante.
¿Es una ficción que ejemplifica, denuncia o avala toda esa incorrección?
Fuera de esa "polémica" y cierto deterioro por el paso del tiempo, es una lectura entretenida, con historias cortas y largas y hasta una protagonizada por su mejor amigo, Tate, otro personaje típico republicano y conservador.
El dibujo es fantástico, con un enorme manejo de la deformidad, la exageración de reacciones y lo más rescatable es que tiene bien definido un estilo propio.
Peter Bagge es ese artista del under yanqui que salvando las distancias siguió por los senderos abiertos por Crumb.

[Pablo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Divertido locutor de radio nada políticamente correcto. Un personaje geocéntrico y sin pelos en la lengua, un provocador nato.

[Alberto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Locutor de radio violento y politicamente incorrecto. Muy buena historia, me ha encantado.

[Nolan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Peter Bagge tried to warn us about this guy

[Jonathan Briggs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Radio talk jock Studs Kirby is the voice of impotent white man anger in Seattle. Fired for being "politically incorrect" (this was apparently written before the rise of Rant Radio), Studs has nothing to do but get drunk and spew bile on his friends/enablers until his "big" comeback. This is relatively minor work by Peter Bagge, but few writers are better at uncovering and understanding the common human weaknesses behind reprehensible fronts. Whatever their political affiliation, readers will find Studs less of a cartoon character than Rush Limbaugh and less of a smirking douchebag than Keith Olbermann.

[Jd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fuck Leroy Neiman.