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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 14 — 2009
The comic strips in “The Trial of Colonel
Sweeto” are hilarious and multicoloured
and filthy like uhm.... like rainbow poop.
The majority of PBF strips have these
simple white bald smiley-face characters.
Those and the humour are the defining
recognisable trades of The Fellowship.
What makes the PBF extra fun and
interesting (for illustration enthusiasts
that is) are the variations of drawing
styles that help the strips and add a layer
to the jokes. Gurewitch manages to whip
out all sorts of different styles. Many of
them look like drawings from children’s
books or ‘classic illustrations,’ and
sometimes he uses the style of different
artists, Edward Gorey being an example.
Maybe it ś the contrast between
happy and evil that makes the dark
humour and colourful drawings go so
well together. The downside to that is
probably only apparent to parents that
want to control the amount of horror
that enters their children’s lives, but are
too stressed and overworked to notice
when they accidently grab this colourful
book as they run guilt-ridden through
a bookstore, desperately trying to find
something to compensate for their lack
of being there. Imagine their shock as
they realise what they have done, when
little Olaf or Hilde mutters their first
obscene word or asks an embarrassing
question in public.....but you know,
whatevs. It only scars the soul a tad.
There are plenty of people who
grew up with the occasional copies of
Heavy Metal, The Fabulous Furry Freak
Brothers and/or MAD lying around
the house, and they are mostly fully
functional adults today. It ś the Garfields
of this world that do the real damage to
people’s personalities.
Comix | Reviews
lóa HJÁlMTÝSDóTTIR
a Collection of the Comic Strips of
The Perry Bible Fellowship
Nicholas Gurewitch
— by Hugleikur Dagsson
—by Lóa Hjálmtýsdóttir
— by Elo Vázquez and Óttar Norðfjörð
— by The Perry Bible Fellowship
Buy the reviewed comix - and many
more - at Nexus, Hverfisgata.
Yeah!
You can buy some Hugleikur Dagsson
anthologies all over the world. Get "Avoid Us"
in pretty much every Icelandic bookstore. It's
awesome.
Funny, Colourful Filth
The Trial of Colonel Sweeto and other stories
We decided to celebrate summer with the Grapevine swimsuit is-
sue, and printed two different version of the cover featuring both
male and female models. Gender equality is always a concern at
the Grapevine. SBB
The first theme issue in the history of the Grapevine. Almost every
article was related to environmental or sustainability issues in some
way. SBB
First plans for this cover, featuring a long-ass article on gay nightlife
in Reykjavík, was to have two men kissing on the cover. However,
the cover shoot was a failure, and although we ended up using the
photos with the article, it just wasn’t strong enough for the cover.
Art director Gunni Þorvalds saved the day once again. SBB
The ninth issue was dedicated to Icelandic movies. Then Grape-
vine photographer GAS, shot this impressive cover, inspired by the
Golden Age of Hollywood. SBB
Focusing on the Icelandic music industry, The Grapevine surveyed
the export of Icelandic music and what it took to make it outside Ice-
land. The cover was shot in the Eimskip shipping company container
yard. Eimskip doesn’t really have a whole lot to do with music, but a
lot to do with export. SBB
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