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Title: Monkeysuit (Volume 1) by Mike Foran, Ben Edlund, Chris McCulloch, Bill Presing, Jonathan Royce, Prentis Rollins, Miguel Martinez-Joffre, Willy Hartland, Pat Giles ISBN: 0-9673289-0-X Publisher: Monkeysuit Press Pub. Date: 17 September, 1999 Format: Mass Market Paperback List Price(USD): $9.95

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Buy it- you'll love it.
Comment: I'll admit it- I'm a longtime Marvel/DC afficionado. Ask me a question on any X-Men plotline from the last 20 years, quiz me on the various memberships of any JLA incarnation, and I'll knock your socks off with years of inane comic information retention. But recently, starting with the 'Legal Action Comics' Danny Hellman compilation, I've been drawn to that other corner of the comic store... that corner populated by obscure, shadowy... underground comics.
Well, I ran across Monkeysuit, and Bride of Monkeysuit.. and I couldn't be happier with my shocking display of literary bravado. I could sit here and expand upon their multiple stories, but for brevity's sake, I'll summarize- Cool. Neat. Interesting. Shocking. Daring. Innovative. Fresh. What comics are all about. A credit to the genre.

If you're a DC/Marvel/Image fanboy like me, do yourself a favor- these books cost the same as four regular comics. Bonus points to the Monkeysuit folks for their economic savvy. Their stories and art are priceless.

If you're a longtime underground comics fan... hey- thank the Monkeysuit folks for giving people like me this glimpse into a better comics world.

Rating: 5
Summary: you must have it now!
Comment: Incredibly constructed, beautiful artwork, intelligent writing, vast range of styles and humor. If you love comics, you couldn't get a better book!

Rating: 5
Summary: try some damn fine comics
Comment: This is a great anthology that will appeal to anyone who has enjoyed Raw, Drawn and Quarterly, Blab! and similar cutting edge collections of not-mainstream comics. "Rover" reads like Pogo done by Chris Ware, "Profiles in Tenacity" will appeal to fans of "Lenore" or anything by Jhonen Vasquez, and "Secret Santa" is such a great idea it's amazing that nobody thought to do it before this. And that's just scratching the surface of what's in this nifty little book.