Pinhead's Progress

by Bill Griffith

Cartoons offer a satiric look at art, modern music, carnivals, politics, work, public scandals, comic strips, and modern life

Genres: Comics, Humor

223 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

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Reviews

[Jerry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Life is too cheap to drink short wine.

I’ve picked up several of the Zippy collections, from 1987’s King Pin to 2007’s Walk a Mile in my Muu-Muu, and this is probably the most disappointing; these strips from 1987 and 1988 focus less on weird artifacts of life, and more on Griffy’s vacations (and even his wife’s vacations) and the trivialities of then-modern meme vectors such as t-shirts and television.

As exemplified by the potential t-shirt quote above that Claude Funston decides is going to make them millions.

It’s still a fun read, just not as much fun as reading about ancient fast food icons; nor is it as filled with stunning non-sequiters that make me laugh from their sheer absurdity.

The high point is probably Leona Helmsley running as Zippy’s Vice Presidential candidate, even though the political strips themselves are the most bland of the strips (Griffith is disappointed by both Bush and Dukakis, and can’t generate the enthusiasm necessary for more than a few half-hearted anti-Bush diatribes. Which in itself is a good thing, except that the ones he does provide are just so incredibly bland.)

[E.J. Matze · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing tenatiously scrabbling down of Pinhead's progress and many pages, too!

[Barry · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pinheads come and pinheads go (G.W. Bush, R.R. , etc.) but Zippy is eternal.