The Eltingville Club is over

[palitoy]

Evan Dorkin put the Eltingville Club to rest in two issues recently. I never missed them in Dork and enjoyed their animated pilot (although I understood why it wasn't picked up) so I was interested in seeing how he ended them.

While they've always been an ugly mirror to fandom that cut a little too close, I normally enjoyed it's cringe humour but these issues are especially bleak.

Particularly the first issue, where Dorkin paints Joe the comic retailer as just this disgusting monster stereotype, it feels like some frustration is being vented on the industry itself. Some real anger attached there.

Anybody else read these?

[EMCE Hammer]

I haven't read them, but just looking at that cover makes me depressed.

[monitor_ep]

For those who have not seen it.

[samurainoir]

I'm a fan of Dorkin, but admittedly Eltingville has always been at the bottom of the pile for the reasons you give. With that said, I'll likely read these.

I was much more excited to learn recently that Dorkin's Bill and Ted comic (original published by Marvel) was getting collected. Even if you're not into Bill and Ted, this was a really fun comic, particularly if you dig Dorkin's stuff.

[samurainoir]

Just read the two issues. Yeah. Bleak.

an appearance by Mego Twiki though.
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[palitoy]

There have been a lot of Mego references over the years actually. Dorkin knows his material well, just can't help but think he drew and wrote this while with his middle finger extended the entire time. It's a balancing act I guess and having run a fandom forum, I've seen some of this ugly for realsies.

PS I'm convinced that the model for Josh owns a gaming store across the street from my gym. I see him standing outside sometime, it's eerie.

[Mr.Marion]

Nerds don't like to laugh at themselves. Dorkin was just taking a couple steps back and satirising the culture.

[samurainoir]

I'll have to admit... that second issue where they jump forward in time to adulthood really put me in a huge depressive funk. Cut a little too close to home since I'm working conventions and shows on a weekly basis these days.

It's one thing to see them as kids act that way, but to see where they end up is haunting.

Apropos I guess, since I first discovered Dorkin's work in Generation Ecch, a response to the latest "Lost Generation" look at nineties kids in the form of Generation X and 13th Gen (of which I was a part of). Fisher Price theatre was my favourite.





Need a palate cleanser. Dorkin's Beasts of Burden might do the trick.

[Mr.Marion]

I'll have to admit... that second issue where they jump forward in time to adulthood really put me in a huge depressive funk. Cut a little too close to home since I'm working conventions and shows on a weekly basis these days.

It's one thing to see them as kids act that way, but to see where they end up is haunting.

Apropos I guess, since I first discovered Dorkin's work in Generation Ecch, a response to the latest "Lost Generation" look at nineties kids in the form of Generation X and 13th Gen (of which I was a part of). Fisher Price theatre was my favourite.

Yeah that artwork and subject matter is depression.

I remember a documentary called the great hip hop haux.
That was about two young guys who's gimmick was acting like juveniles on stage similar to the Beasties and Eminem.
And then the dream was over they had to get real jobs. The theme of being forced to grow up or be left behind is very bleak and not a cheerful sight.