Jen Sorensen returns with her Xeric Award-winning Slowpoke: Cafe Pompous, a collection of alternative newsweekly strips. Jam-packed with gags, Slowpoke tackles the absurdities of present-day American life with rib-tickling gusto. Uptight Mr. Perkins, jaded Little Gus, and horny Drooly Julie provide a witty commentary on the politics and culture of our times. Find out whether evil scientists succeed in cryogenically freezing Julie's libido. For the finest in absurdist humor and sharp artwork from one of the most talented woman cartoonists working today, Slowpoke: Cafe Pompous is a must! Droll.
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"Jen Sorensen is a terrific cartoonist!" -- Peter Bagge - Hate
"it's a riot and a half...almost every joke is hysterically funny. Sorensen's art is simple and perfect..." -- Greg McElhatton - iCOMICS
"it's a riot and a half...almost every joke is hysterically funny. Sorensen's art is simple and perfect..." -- Greg McElhatton - iCOMICS
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Jen Sorensen is the creator of Slowpoke, a weekly comic strip that appears in several alternative newspapers throughout the US, for which she was nominated for the Friends of Lulu Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent. Slowpoke, which serves up political and social commentary with an absurdist twist, grew out of a popular daily strip she drew while a student at the University of Virginia. Jen was recently awarded a Xeric Grant to publish her latest cartoon collection, "Slowpoke: Cafe Pompous." Jen Sorensen's work has also appeared in several other publications, including The Big Book of the '70s (DC/Paradox Press), Action Girl Comics, Dignifying Science, Empty Love Stories, the Small Press Expo anthologies, and will be featured alongside such luminaries as Matt Groening and Tom Tomorrow in Ted Rall's upcoming book on alternative political cartoonists. Jen Sorensen lives in Charlottesville VA, where she also does web design.
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Everyone I know who has read this book thinks it's superb. Jen Sorensen is the equal of any of your so-called modern cartooning "greats"; Cafe Pompous is laden with beautifully weighted satire - and it's very, very funny. For $6, not to buy this book borders on nutty behaviour.
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Intelligent, well-written, hilarious, and original, Ms. Sorensen creates a collection of political comics strips that provoke thought and tickle the funny bone. If you enjoy political satire, Slowpoke is the book to purchase. I purchased the work September 2002 and still have it to this day! This graphic novella is for individuals who desire comics that are different.
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FEW PASTIMES ARE MORE ENJOYABLE THAN SITTING IN A PUBLIC PLACE, OBSERVING THE CONTINUOUS EBB AND FLOW OF BEEFCAKE AROUND YOU. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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FEW PASTIMES ARE MORE ENJOYABLE THAN SITTING IN A PUBLIC PLACE, OBSERVING THE CONTINUOUS EBB AND FLOW OF BEEFCAKE AROUND YOU. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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