It’s not as if one decides to wake up one day, argue existentialism with livestock, and fly a spaceship to the center of the galaxy to meet, greet–and eat–God. It just sort of happens. At least it does in the world of Goats, the cult-hit webcomic wherein a clutch of brave if baffled barflies (including humans, chickens, and a cyborg goldfish) hit the interdimensional bricks to save the multiverse from certain doom kicked off by a cosmic computer glitch. You can’t make this stuff up–unless you’re one of the monkeys tapping on infinite typewriters who controls all reality. You’ll see. . . .
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The first mass-marketed collection of Rosenberg's long-running sci-fi geek-comedy Web comic revels in its own weirdness—it plunges straight into a bar discussion between a chicken, a goat and some aliens, and keeps piling absurdity on absurdity. (There is one steadfast maxim that I hold dear, one character notes: an immortal super intelligent combat-trained zombie cyborg goldfish with a machine gun can have whatever the hell he wants.) The book's first sequence ends with human protagonists Jon and Phillip convincing God to turn himself into a pork chop, then eating Him. Halfway through this volume, there's a showdown between Good Hitler and the recursive space-cows of Space Hitler, and if you're scratching your head by now, that's probably the desired effect. Fortunately, Rosenberg tends to sneak at least a small punch line into every panel—a couple of quips are already notorious Goats T-shirts, like what part of 'ninja' don't you understand? Rosenberg's full-color art has a blobby, loony flair to it. And if his storytelling often seems to be afflicted with severe short-attention-span syndrome, its free-associative culture-reference overload lets him get away with gags like a drunken Buddha announcing Your momma so fat, she travels the noble eightfold path all at once! (June)
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It’s another night at the Peculier sic Pub, where the conversation can start with a philosophical debate about God’s existence and morph into a discussion about homicidal robots. In Rosenberg’s first compilation of his long-running Web comic, Goats, no topic is too risqué for the pub’s glib patrons Jon and Phillip and their assorted pals, who include androgynous, gray-skinned-alien lovers Neil and Bob, and Diablo, a red-crested rooster. With the aim of lending Jon and Phillip’s geeky misadventures the flavor of an evolving narrative, Rosenberg here supplements the original three-panel strips with new material. In one story thread, Jon and Phillip borrow their alien friends’ flying saucer and make a beeline for the galactic core to meet God himself. In another, Diablo clones himself to produce a foul-mouthed, yellow chick who unleashes a chainsaw-wielding robot at a Web comics convention. Every vignette features Rosenberg’s predilection for satiric jabs at mainstream culture; and though there may be more misses than hits in the punch-line department, the Goats gang’s shameless shenanigans are highly addictive. --Carl Hays
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As a webcomic creator myself I am in awe of the comic genius that is Goats Infinite Typewriters. Nothing is out of bounds as Jonathan Rosenberg's off the wall humor catches you off guard time and again. He sets you up for the expected joke and then comes out of nowhere with a punchline that, more times than not, leaves you laughing out loud. Infinite Typewriters comes as close to perfect as you can expect from a gag strip.
If you are are looking for a comic strip that has the edge that traditional newspaper strips lost long ago this is your book. If you are an aspiring comic strip creator and want to see how it is done right pick up this book. And if you are just need of a good laugh you'll be sure to find it in Goats: Infinite Typewriters.
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This review is from: Goats Infinite Typewriters (Paperback)
Goats is a webcomic powered by caffeine, delight, madness, and a lot of monkeys with great typing skills--usually all at once. It is the first comic I recommend to those with a penchant for science fiction or the strange-but-curiously-sensible strain of logic that places Hell just off the New Jersey Turnpike.
Jonathan Rosenberg is the kind of Funny Guy who appeals to almost everyone, because he touches a little of everything. If Monty Python needed to save the multiverse, their hilarious adventures might look a little like those sprung (fully formed?) from the mind of Jon Rosenberg. And let me tell you, this man can write. Goats has been happening for more than twelve years, often five days a week. That is a lot of ideas. That is a lot of zaniness to keep in (relative) order. Bottom line: I wish I lived in Rosenberg's multiverse (buy this book).
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