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Bone Saw
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144 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1994
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John Bergin
34 books6 followersFROM Weird Business, 1995:
A former Harvey Award nominee, John Bergin is an illustrator, designer, and musician. He designed, wrote, and painted the 300 page graphic novel From Inside (Kitchen Sink); co-edited, designed, and contributed to the comics and illustrated fiction anthology Bone Saw (Tundra); wrote and drew Ashes (Caliber); and designed The Crow (Deluxe Edition) with a 70-minute CD "soundtrack" by Bergin's musical project Trust Obey.
A former Harvey Award nominee, John Bergin is an illustrator, designer, and musician. He designed, wrote, and painted the 300 page graphic novel From Inside (Kitchen Sink); co-edited, designed, and contributed to the comics and illustrated fiction anthology Bone Saw (Tundra); wrote and drew Ashes (Caliber); and designed The Crow (Deluxe Edition) with a 70-minute CD "soundtrack" by Bergin's musical project Trust Obey.
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October 15, 2021
[Revisiting this artifact from the 90s; apparently a good period for indie horror comics...]
This is of course all over the place. Some nice art sprinkled throughout, and a fair amount of hideous overwriting. Overall, the art dates much better than the writing. John Bergin contributes some lovely drawings and what look like airbrush or manipulated photos. I also like the collages and graphics from Rene Cigler, Chris Duh, Francois Duvivier, and Gregory Bloom.
I actually remember "Slave Cylinder", a gonzo Mad Max meets roadrunner/coyote outing adapted by James O'Barr from a Jeff Holland story. The pop culture references fly thick and fast and gleeful (Chrome's "Half Lip Machine Moves", yesssss), and a frenetic pace is maintained with everything happily falling apart.
Jim Calafiore's "A Childless Mother" is a welcome moment of calm and disquiet among all the screaming and flailing. I'm sure I'm being unfair, but Dan Grzeca's "In the Company of Devils" reminds me of a sloppier version of the early Al Columbia pieces that appeared around the same time.
2.5 stars, rounded up very generously. Worth a look mostly for the art.
This is of course all over the place. Some nice art sprinkled throughout, and a fair amount of hideous overwriting. Overall, the art dates much better than the writing. John Bergin contributes some lovely drawings and what look like airbrush or manipulated photos. I also like the collages and graphics from Rene Cigler, Chris Duh, Francois Duvivier, and Gregory Bloom.
I actually remember "Slave Cylinder", a gonzo Mad Max meets roadrunner/coyote outing adapted by James O'Barr from a Jeff Holland story. The pop culture references fly thick and fast and gleeful (Chrome's "Half Lip Machine Moves", yesssss), and a frenetic pace is maintained with everything happily falling apart.
Jim Calafiore's "A Childless Mother" is a welcome moment of calm and disquiet among all the screaming and flailing. I'm sure I'm being unfair, but Dan Grzeca's "In the Company of Devils" reminds me of a sloppier version of the early Al Columbia pieces that appeared around the same time.
2.5 stars, rounded up very generously. Worth a look mostly for the art.
February 4, 2014
disgusting short stories, straight to the point, if there even is one. perfect. puts you in a creepy moooooood
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