Heartbreak Comics

by David Boswell

0913035386

Genres: Comics

Paperback

First published February 1, 1997

About the author

David E. Boswell (born 1953) is a comic book writer and artist, illustrator, and photographer based in Vancouver, British Columbia who has worked in the comics industry. He is the creator of the series Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman.

Boswell grew up in London, Ontario, Canada, and Hamilton and Dundas, Ontario. He studied film at Oakville, Ontario's Sheridan College, where he graduated in 1974. After graduation, Boswell attempted to earn a living as a cartoonist, and his first full-page comic, "Heart Break Comics", was published in The Georgia Straight from 1977–1978. Boswell moved to Vancouver in 1977, and in 1978, he launched Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman. Another title Boswell created is Ray-Mond.

Boswell's influences include film directors Josef von Sternberg and Luis Buñuel, composer Hector Berlioz, comedians Buster Keaton, and W.C. Fields, and humourist Robert Benchley, as well as early Hollywood and European cinema stars, and he often features references in his work. He has written a number of screenplays for movies, none of which have been made.

In 2011 Boswell was inducted into the Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame.

Source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite comics of all time. Attempting to describe the plot is impossible, but let if suffice to say that it follows Laszlo, the Great Slavic Lover though a series of strange adventures and romantic interludes and that Reid Fleming also appears, as an angry, cuckolded husband. This book somehow manages to be both hilariously funny at certain points and oddly poignant at others. Highly recommended.

[Jesse Grubbs · Rating 4 out of 5]

Need to get more Reid Fleming books, this was gold

[Redsteve · Rating 3 out of 5]

Weird graphic novel of humorous tragic romance. It’s a spin-off of the REID FLEMING, WORLD’S TOUGHEST MILKMAN comics, and does feature the foul-mouthed and ultra-violent Fleming, but the main character is “Laszlo, the Great Slavic Lover,” a philandering ladies man who finds (and loses) true love. As with Boswell’s other comics, there are weird characters, sex, drunkenness, brawls (mostly, but not exclusively, drunken), crime and punishment, and improbable coincidences.

[Cody · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the best comic art from a technical pov--amazing stuff, so well drafted and executed. The story is fine, entertaining, not much substance. But the art. Wow.

[Kay · Rating 1 out of 5]

This comic was weird enough that I wanted to like it, but it just did not flow in this twisted tale of this fellow trying to attract the attention of his girl. Although the course of love is seldom smooth, surely it's not this jumbled up. It's a quick read though.

[Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best comics of all time. A must for fans of Reid Flemming and the Cowboy Wally Show. Just heard IDW was re-releasing this material in a complete Reid Flemming collection this December.