C.O.U.S.: Reflections from Rick's Collection #10

From Smarmy

While "researching" a recent Nexus Graphica, I had reason to look through my collection of Comics Of Unusual Size. This set of the big and small and odd of comicdom offers many gems. Deciding that I really should share some of these largely forgotten and sometime rare pieces, I'm taking you through a tour of the more interesting selections.

One of the countless Barney parodies, Smarmy (1993), created by Joe Preston and Ian O'Keefe, recounts the disturbing tale of a sexually-deviant purple dinosaur who becomes a scout master.

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From Smarmy

Words by Preston Art by O'Keefe


Preston and O'Keefe previously teamed far more successfully in "Soul in the Hole" for my 2001 Blackbird Comics anthology Modern Perversity.

From Smarmy

from "Soul in the Hole"
Words by Preston Art by O'Keefe


I published Preston one more time in Wild West Show (Mojo Press, 1996).

From Smarmy

from "Letters From Arizona" Wild West Show (Mojo Press, 1996)
Words by Preston Art by John Lucas and Martin Thomas