Boy's Club #1

Boy's Club

by Matt Furie

"That would be a yes!"

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels Comics

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

Matt Furie is from Columbus, Ohio. He is the subject of the documentary Feels Good Man, which is about how his gentle character, Pepe the Frog, was co-opted. Winner of the best Visual Artist in the San Francisco Bay Guardian’s 20th annual Goldie awards, he’s exhibited in the U.S. and Europe. Furie is also an accomplished illustrator; in addition to his comic book series Boy’s Club, he’s published a children’s book, The Night Riders. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and daughter.

Reviews

[Jesse · Rating 5 out of 5]

I learned that it's all about stinkin, drinkin and not thinkin'...

[Michelle Curie · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you're out and about on the internet, it's likely that you've come across Pepe the Frog by now. His face has, due to an unfortunate series of events, become the face of the presidential election 2016, used by the so-called alt-right to advocate for their future president Trump.

However, Pepe the Frog used to be nothing but a part of Matt Furie's comic Boy's Club, which I picked up out of curiosity after reading up on where that meme originated from.



Boy's Club looks (and reads) like something created out of fun. It's a collection of one-pagers that feature a group of friends with a heavy stoner mentality doing things that dudes might do when they hang out: they watch TV, play video games, throw around with catchphrases and puke with surprising frequency.

It's lighthearted and juvenile in its themes and its executions. It's amusing for the ten minutes it takes to get through it and there isn't really anything that you'd sit down and think about after it. Part of it makes me nostalgic for days that I spent among art students at art fairs, where people would sell their own homemade creations, but apart from that nothing much stirred in me – neither bad, nor good.

[Nils · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some people think it’s stupid. They are probably right. But I fucking like it!

[J · Rating 5 out of 5]

NOTE: I read #2, not this first issue.

This was the best book I read all year. Seriously, everything this year has been leading up to it. Furie did everything right and I only wish it was 500 pages longer so I wouldn't have read it all at once.

I want to color my copy like a coloring book.

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

fucking blew my mind!

[Stephen Winchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

Boy's Club is a messed up, disgusting, and truly warped comic, and it's absolutely wonderful.

[Seth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Xmas gift from poppy younger, this is the reason the term "a la mode" is now part of my daily speech.

[Stacey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Disgusting and hilarious. I loved it.

[Flan · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's an a 2006 indie comic 'bout some rad rancid dudes. It's surreal, it's funny, it's kinda gross. It is short and sweet.

[Niles Armstrong · Rating 5 out of 5]

hilarious comics of boys being boys and i am not really into comics.