Fantagraphics, $2.95
Short Review: Bleagh. Short enough for you?
I agree with the letter writer inside: this comic should change it's name to Tolerate. Not for PC reasons, but because it's lost the spark it used to have. To steal another benchmark from the letters column, the number of "pissed off monster-face closeups" in this issue is exactly one. And it isn't Buddy. These days, Bagge is writing the book as a household comedy, with occasional pieces with Buddy's life falling down around him outside the home, as well. Now, he worries more than he gets angry. It still doesn't make the identification any better, because Buddy is not a person you're supposed to feel sorry for. It just doesn't work. The comedy's pretty funny, though.
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