RESPECTO! Gets Some Respect!

 A good news update on my comix story “RESPECTO!” (background info is in my September blog post). House of Harley, the British Comics publisher of the annual anthology publication UGLY MUG, has been doing a great job sending out review copies of UGLY MUG #7, that my story RESPECTO! appeared in, and it’s getting some positive feedback and attention.

First up is THE AWESOME COMICS PODCAST (Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Osmond) which I was unaware of until now. I believe it was Tony’s pick to review UGLY MUG #7 (please correct me if I’m wrong), which begins at the one hour and fifty-nine minute mark (1:59) and “RESPECTO!” is talked with enthusiasm, at the (2:02) mark. I really enjoy how these three guys banter about comics, even when they aren’t talking about my stuff  and will add them to my extremely-too-long podcast queue. Here’s ACP episode #433 – ‘Monster MONSTER”. Enjoy!

Next up is a YouTube based video podcast called “Talking Small Press Comics” with Larned Justin and Steve Keeter. In episode #56, they review UGLY MUG #7 beginning at the (31:35) mark and mention “RESPECTO!” twice, first at (34:58) and again at (38:02). Unfortunately, they fail to give me credit (I did sign my comic in the first panel and I’m credited in the back of the book), which was a minor thing. I do appreciate how much they enjoyed the story and art. It’s fun to watch them flip through the book and show pages to the audience via their webcams. Larned and Steve look like they are having a lot of fun looking at the comics.

This is cued to the RESPECTO! part of the talk, but if you want to listen to the entire section on UGLY MUG #7, go back to the 31:35 mark.

Last up is a traditional blog post mention in Win Wiacek’s “NOW READ THIS!” from November 30, 2023, “Ugly Mug #5, 6 & 7”. Overall Win seems to be a fan of UGLY MUG and though “RESPECTO!” is only mentioned and not talked about in detail, I do appreciate being in such great company. This was another comics/comix blog that I wasn’t familiar with and look forward to digging through previous posts and reading new entries.

Ugly Mug #5, 6 & 7

It’s very satisfying to see something you create being seen and talked about within the comics community. One of the beautiful things about the internet is how easy and immediate it facilitates community and connection. That’s a true boon for small, weird art groups to connect and support each other as these podcasts and blog do for underground (? is there really an underground scene now? A topic for another time…) art, comix, music, film, etc.

Copies of UGLY MUG #7 can be ordered through LULU press.

Read more about UGLY MUG at House of Harley.

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