These are really brilliant. I particularly love the last one. posted by zebra3 at 9:00 AM on July 26, 2007
It seems more like a Peanuts version of Charles Bukowski, rather than the other way around. Thinking it could have been so much darker. Mischievously playful in any case. Seconding fleetmouse's liking of the childhood angst poem.
The ironic thing to me is that Peanuts always seemed darker than Bukowski, in my mind. I mean, Bukowski has this whole "drugs and sex and women and pain, I'm revelling in it, look at me" thing he does. But Peanuts was kind of about the rejection of childhood, which is a hell of a lot heavier. posted by koeselitz at 9:06 AM on July 26, 2007 [2 favorites]
that's really well done. guy's got bukowski down cold. it must take dedication to write that much material like that, though. If it had been me, I'd probably have written the first story and said, "there you go. bukowski does peanuts. done." posted by shmegegge at 9:18 AM on July 26, 2007
But Peanuts was kind of about the rejection of childhood, which is a hell of a lot heavier.
Check out Ham on Rye if you're interested in Bukowski's take on the rejection of childhood . posted by solipsophistocracy at 9:30 AM on July 26, 2007
This is good; interestingly, it was posted the same day I am supposed to get Born into This from Netflix. posted by TedW at 9:42 AM on July 26, 2007
Quality. posted by jonson at 9:43 AM on July 26, 2007
"There was this woman with this 15 year old daughter..." is funny not only in the sense that "it's peanuts with swearing, hee!" but that it's a terrific joke as well. FPP is worth it just for that one, as far as I'm concerned. posted by davejay at 10:04 AM on July 26, 2007
Peanuts, by Art Spiegelman. (Disclaimer: VQR is my employer. But that doesn't make Spiegelman any less awesome.) posted by waldo at 10:06 AM on July 26, 2007
I loved "Lucy" (ha!), the first one, except it lacked verisimilitude since nobody got blind drunk or engaged in dirty joyless animal sex. Also, when I tried to get to the next page, my computer bumped me out and into an ad for "adult material detection software." So I'll probably get fired, but that's cool.
Also reminds me of those Family Circus parodies from a while back: "Daddy said I shoulda been a `bortion and then he passed out!" posted by scratch at 11:21 AM on July 26, 2007
That was awsome. Hit the tone perfectly. I'm not going to be able to read Bukowski with out it being illustrated this way in my mind. posted by Belle O'Cosity at 2:08 PM on July 26, 2007
That was just PERFECT. I listened to Bukowski reading on the way to work this morning and could feel myself edging into the "off-again" phase of my on-off relationship with his writing. But this is brilliant parody - so good it's renewed my interest in the material it apes. posted by bunglin jones at 9:47 PM on July 26, 2007
I agree. Perfect. Thanks xmutex! posted by pepcorn at 8:39 AM on July 27, 2007
now THAT is awesome. posted by msconduct at 6:59 PM on July 27, 2007
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