PLOP no.79
Well,a windy,wet and cold January morning getting up early to await the boiler service men who still haven’t arrived by 11am! Can anything make the day brighter? Yes! A Plop. Or Plop no.79 to be precise!
With a cover date of October you can imagine this issue is a little late -but so what?!
This latest German language treat from Andreas Alt contains a pleasant surprise:Commander Cork by non-other than Rudolph Perez! If you read the other big German zine of the 1980s/early 1990s,ZEBRA,then you’d know who Rudolph is -he and Martin Frei were considered the “Big Two”.
All the old Perez charm is still there. Ahh,fond memories.
There was more nostalgia for me on seeing a letter from Herod [Helge Korda] another big German zine contributor of the 1980s -and a Herod doodle is included.
oh. Just noticed..there’s a letter from me in this issue also!
Strip-wise,Michael Fredrich contributes two “Strassen-Philosophien” [Street Philosophy] strips;Bash uses black and white to good effect in “Deus Ex Machina”;a grey-scaled colour illo by Autores titled “Illustration” looks okay. Then Markus Lesmeister brings us the 10pp,somewhat unsettling strip,”The Milking” -weird.
Konig Lu. Q produces two more simplistic styled strips;”Tomato Leben Auch” [Tomatoes Also Live] and “Der Sommer Ist Vorbei” [The Summer Is Over]. Moritz Stetter brings us a little more surrealism in “Nebellegenden” and L. Freiberger brings us the to-the-point “Herr Fleischer Oder:Herr Tod” [”Mr Butcher:Or Mr Death] and Oli Gfeller brings us the insane “Fruher war Alles Besser” [Things[?] were Always Better] -art reminds me of early UK zine Knockyaself Out. And there is a totally packed one page illustration by Mike Menke titled…”Illustration”.
PLOP 79 is a 64pp A5 [Digest] comic costing you Eur.3.00 and comes out 3 times a year and you can get a copy from Andreas but best to check on availability and postage [it cost Eur 1.50 for the UK]. Contact email is:
Very highly recommended.
Comic Bits Online is the web version of the Comic Bits magazine Edited and run by Terry Hooper. Currently Interviews Editor at Manga Life,Terry has over thirty years experience in the comic industry as script writer,artist,freelance Editor,publisher and much more. But if you want the facts:
Curriculum vitae Name:Terry HooperDob:6th June 1957 [50 yrs]Currently living Ashton Vale,Bristol,United Kingdom ...
Add A Comment