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Bizarro Comics The Deluxe Edition
Where else could the world’s greatest alternative cartoonists run rampant through the DC Universe in utterly unhinged stories? Bizarro, an imperfect duplicate of Superman who does everything backward, tries drawing comics, concocting stories in which Wonder Woman participates in a poetry slam, baby Superman torments his baby-sitter...and that’s just the start! This deluxe edition collects the two anthology titles Bizarro Comics and Bizarro World, with a cover by the legendary creator of The Simpsons, Matt Groening! Includes stories and art by acclaimed creators including Kyle Baker, Jeff Smith, Ivan Brunetti, Paul Pope, Hunt Emerson, Carol Lay, Roger Langridge, Mark Crilley, Dave Cooper, Eddie Campbell, Tony Millionaire, James Kochalka, Harvey Pekar, Peter Bagge, and many more!
440 pages, Hardcover
Published July 27, 2021
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263 books6 followers Joey Cavalieri is credited in 1670 issues of DC Comics.
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February 14, 2014Hace mil años me leí varias historias de este libro, que me venían gustando bastante, y lo colgué de nabo. Hace novecientos noventa y nueve años que no lo veo por ningún lado, así que supongo que esperaré alguna redición para terminármelo. Prometer, prometía.
May 19, 2021
Bizarro Comics
by Various
This controversial hardcover is the one with the story that got into lots and lots of trouble. And because I am in Canada, I managed to snag a copy with the infamous tale. At least that’s what I hear on the internet as to why my copy has the story in it. This volume was published in 2002 as a showcase for multiple independent and non mainstream creators, or at least that’s what my extremely limited knowledge of the scene tells me. And this is of course not continuity, but mostly whacky wackiness.
We start off with Bizarro and Mr Mxyzptlk meeting up, because that fits, and launches into the rest of the theme.
The unexpected main event is Kyle Baker’s Letitia Lerner, Superman’s Babysitter, in which we see the concept of a babysitter taking care of a Superbaby and the chaos that ensues. And yes, this was before The Incredibles covered the same territory. This is vintage Baker and simply wonderful and fun and wonderful. The Superbaby in the microwave gag is great, and that is the rumoured part that ruffled feathers.
Other stories in the trade that caught my interest are varied. Aquaman in Porcine Panic! by Andy Merrill and Jason Little is cute and kinda Toy Story-ish and very cute, Supergirl and Mary Marvel in the Clubhouse of Solitude by Dylan Horrocks and Jessica Abel is a great character conversation that you wish was continuity, First Contact by Mark Crilley and Andi Watson has a playful Superfriends vibe to it, and That’s Really Super, Superman by Ivan Brunetti and Evan Dorkin feels like a Mad Magazine article. Some stories have nice artwork, but tales I did not care for, while other stories were well written, but not with art I liked. And some just fell flat.
But that’s one of the pitfalls and pleasures of many collections of this type, it can be all over the place in style and content, while having something for everyone.
by Various
This controversial hardcover is the one with the story that got into lots and lots of trouble. And because I am in Canada, I managed to snag a copy with the infamous tale. At least that’s what I hear on the internet as to why my copy has the story in it. This volume was published in 2002 as a showcase for multiple independent and non mainstream creators, or at least that’s what my extremely limited knowledge of the scene tells me. And this is of course not continuity, but mostly whacky wackiness.
We start off with Bizarro and Mr Mxyzptlk meeting up, because that fits, and launches into the rest of the theme.
The unexpected main event is Kyle Baker’s Letitia Lerner, Superman’s Babysitter, in which we see the concept of a babysitter taking care of a Superbaby and the chaos that ensues. And yes, this was before The Incredibles covered the same territory. This is vintage Baker and simply wonderful and fun and wonderful. The Superbaby in the microwave gag is great, and that is the rumoured part that ruffled feathers.
Other stories in the trade that caught my interest are varied. Aquaman in Porcine Panic! by Andy Merrill and Jason Little is cute and kinda Toy Story-ish and very cute, Supergirl and Mary Marvel in the Clubhouse of Solitude by Dylan Horrocks and Jessica Abel is a great character conversation that you wish was continuity, First Contact by Mark Crilley and Andi Watson has a playful Superfriends vibe to it, and That’s Really Super, Superman by Ivan Brunetti and Evan Dorkin feels like a Mad Magazine article. Some stories have nice artwork, but tales I did not care for, while other stories were well written, but not with art I liked. And some just fell flat.
But that’s one of the pitfalls and pleasures of many collections of this type, it can be all over the place in style and content, while having something for everyone.
August 13, 2021
I read and enjoyed these stories when first published in two separate volumes. I remember the stories from the first volume better than those of the second, but there's really not a bad story here.
September 24, 2025
hit or miss, but the hits and variety are worth picking it up. more of a comedic, mad magazine take on the DC universe
February 18, 2022
This may not be for everyone but what is?
It’s an interesting and hilarious read depending on one’s outlook on life.
I find the strips imaginative and funny.
This is an edition I’m keeping on the shelf… just because.
Also, it deserves to be read again and again.
It’s an interesting and hilarious read depending on one’s outlook on life.
I find the strips imaginative and funny.
This is an edition I’m keeping on the shelf… just because.
Also, it deserves to be read again and again.
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