Hickee Volume #1 (v. 2, No. 1) [Paperback]

Graham Annable (Author, Artist), Dave Bogan (Author, Artist), Paul Harvey Brown (Author, Artist), Scott Campbell (Author, Artist), Various (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 18, 2003

What started out loosely as a group of friends hanging around in San Francisco coffee shops on Sunday afternoons, Hickee has become a major contributor to the underground comics scene. Initiated by Grickle creator Graham Annable, he knew that the humorous talents of this gang could find a larger audience through comics. Hickee is the vehicle that ties all their Sunday afternoon sessions together - stories that emerge from doodles or from musings about life - resulting in a raw comic book. No censoring, no test audience, and no laugh track. Made to entertain themselves, Hickee will undoubtedly draw you into their world and provide lots of laughs along the way. One of the most exciting anthologies today!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

If this anthology of humorous comics by a group of San Francisco-area young artists is any measure, the spirit of anti-mainstream cartooning is alive and well. The angry underground comix of a few decades ago, by creators like R. Crumb and Robert Williams, attacked any part of the American establishment within reach. The relatively lightweight pieces here are mellower, targeting any institution that looks prudish or pretentious. One such subject is mainstream comics, which Scott Campbell's "Caveman Ninja Meets Zombie Jogger" neatly boils down to four pages of casual hand-to-hand combat, junk food snacking and miniature golf playing. Popular entertainment in general is another butt: Vamberto Maduro condenses a Hollywood blockbuster into eight panels, suggesting how bloated the original movie was. Indeed, many of these pieces laugh at cherished attitudes, either by melodramatically inflating their self-absorption or by reducing them to inconsequential shaggy-dog stories. Since many of the contributors have animation backgrounds, their work tends to be more cartoony than the earlier rebels'; the little panels in Graham Annable's stories, for example, look as if they'd make a short film if they were cut out and rapidly flipped. Styles vary, naturally, but the art makes very little attempt at verisimilitude. These people know, and constantly remind readers, that they're playing with ink on paper. Of course, they're also encouraging readers to play with ideas and attitudes, including some that they may not be used to seeing from different angles. Humor is especially dangerous when it ambushes readers in cute, lively mini-stories like this.
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Alternative Comics (November 18, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1891867571
• ISBN-13: 978-1891867576
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,824,216 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Graham Annable (born June 1, 1970, in Canada)is a cartoonist and animator living in Portland, Oregon. He is the creator of Grickle, published by Dark Horse, and one of the founders of the Hickee humor anthology (published by Alternative Comics). Annable has created works for the television, film, video game, and comic book industries. His self-produced short animated films are popular among YouTube watchers.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome A to Z, September 10, 2010

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Victoria (Eugene, OR) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hickee (Paperback)

These guys are so so funny and the drawings are fantastic. I bow to the Hickee crew. I don't buy many books, but I bought this one. No regrets here. I've read it so many times, I make myself sick.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of comics!, April 5, 2011

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Justin Sala (Missouri, USA) - See all my reviews

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I decided to put up a review of this because of the lack of reviews/ratings.

If you love Graham Annable, Scott Campbell and the likes, you will love this collection of comics!
If not, just know it has plenty of gross humor mixed in with smart and witty stuff. A good collection of artists to be sure!

5.0 out of 5 stars Very awesome read., February 5, 2010

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A. Hernandez "street enthusiast" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hickee Volume #1 (v. 2, No. 1) (Paperback)

You could tell from this early issue that these guys were destined to do great in the comic book world. An excellent buy to any fan of the Hickee series.