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Yikes!
Don't Call Me Stupid!
Weissman's second graphic novel features a gang of precocious children with supernatural powers. In this collection of short stories, all of the Tykes take a turn in the spotlight, including Li'l Bloody (a vampire toddler), the Pullapart Boy, X-Ray Spence, and the Li'l Tin Stars. Think Our Gang meets the Universal Monsters.
- GenresComicsGraphic Novels
96 pages, Paperback
First published December 1, 2001
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About the author
Steven Weissman
32 books6 followersSteven Knight Weissman (born June 4, 1968, in California) is an alternative cartoonist.
Weissman was the recipient of the Harvey Kurtzman Award for Best New Talent in 1998 and he is best known for his offbeat and bizarre explorations of childhood friendships. He is the author of a number of books, including Barack Hussein Obama (2012), Butter and Blood (2015) and the series of graphic novels Yikes! (1999-2008). His work has been published by Fantagraphics, Retrofit Comics, Nickelodeon, Vice, Mad Magazine and more.
Weissman lives in Los Angeles, CA with his wife and son.
Weissman was the recipient of the Harvey Kurtzman Award for Best New Talent in 1998 and he is best known for his offbeat and bizarre explorations of childhood friendships. He is the author of a number of books, including Barack Hussein Obama (2012), Butter and Blood (2015) and the series of graphic novels Yikes! (1999-2008). His work has been published by Fantagraphics, Retrofit Comics, Nickelodeon, Vice, Mad Magazine and more.
Weissman lives in Los Angeles, CA with his wife and son.
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March 18, 2021
#ThrowbackThursday - Back in the '90s, I used to write comic book reviews for the website of a now-defunct comic book retailer called Rockem Sockem Comics. (Collect them all!)
From the February 1998 edition with a theme of "A Tenuous Konnection":
INTRODUCTION
Most months the theme for this kolumn is so obvious it just kind of kicks me in the kranium. I've apparently taken a few too many kicks to the kranium, however, bekause this month it took a shoe horn, aksle grease, and dukt tape to kram a tenuous konnection into the following komik book reviews. Kan you guess it? Kan you forgive me?
GOOD GRIEF, PULLAPART BOY!
YIKES Volume Two #1 (Alternative Press)
TYKES (Alternative Press)
YIKES and TYKES represent a creepy alternate take on Charles Schulz's PEANUTS, as if Charlie Brown and Linus were starring in a horror movie under the direction of David Lynch. Writer/artist Steven Weissman has taken cute-little-kid stories into bizarre and twisted territory.
Let's carry out the PEANUTS analogy to its fullest extent. The "hero" of YIKES and TYKES is a Charlie Brown-class loser named Pullapart Boy. His name comes from the fact that his head and limbs are detachable. Pullapart Boy's Linus-like best friend is Li'l Bloody, a vampire. Pullapart Boy's nemesis, like Charlie Brown's Lucy, is the irresistibly cute but evil-at-heart "Sweet" Chubby. Even the goofy and grim Snoopy has a doppelganger in the addle-brained-yet-tortured zombie puppy named Elzie Crisler. Finally, as Charlie Brown has the brain-dead Sally for a little sister, Pullapart Boy's little brother is a brainless zombie named Dead Boy. When these tots get together for an adventure, you can be sure that Pullapart Boy is going to be left holding the brown and sticky end of the stick.
Now let's take the David Lynch analogy to its fullest extent. The visuals and dialogue in YIKES and TYKES are disturbing yet intriguing. The stories have their own internal logic despite appearing ludicrous on the surface. In the end, though, one feels cheated somehow. As in Lynch's movies, the creepy atmosphere is undercut by the fact that it has no real point. Indeed, the surreal nature of the creepiness becomes an end unto itself. It's the literary equivalent of empty calories as far as I'm concerned; the reader gets a sugar rush but is left unfulfilled.
In the end, YIKES comes within a hair's breadth of making the cut, but I don't see myself buying this book in the future. If weirdness for weirdness' sake is your cup of tea, you might want to give the tykes of YIKES a try.
Grade: C-
From the February 1998 edition with a theme of "A Tenuous Konnection":
INTRODUCTION
Most months the theme for this kolumn is so obvious it just kind of kicks me in the kranium. I've apparently taken a few too many kicks to the kranium, however, bekause this month it took a shoe horn, aksle grease, and dukt tape to kram a tenuous konnection into the following komik book reviews. Kan you guess it? Kan you forgive me?
GOOD GRIEF, PULLAPART BOY!
YIKES Volume Two #1 (Alternative Press)
TYKES (Alternative Press)
YIKES and TYKES represent a creepy alternate take on Charles Schulz's PEANUTS, as if Charlie Brown and Linus were starring in a horror movie under the direction of David Lynch. Writer/artist Steven Weissman has taken cute-little-kid stories into bizarre and twisted territory.
Let's carry out the PEANUTS analogy to its fullest extent. The "hero" of YIKES and TYKES is a Charlie Brown-class loser named Pullapart Boy. His name comes from the fact that his head and limbs are detachable. Pullapart Boy's Linus-like best friend is Li'l Bloody, a vampire. Pullapart Boy's nemesis, like Charlie Brown's Lucy, is the irresistibly cute but evil-at-heart "Sweet" Chubby. Even the goofy and grim Snoopy has a doppelganger in the addle-brained-yet-tortured zombie puppy named Elzie Crisler. Finally, as Charlie Brown has the brain-dead Sally for a little sister, Pullapart Boy's little brother is a brainless zombie named Dead Boy. When these tots get together for an adventure, you can be sure that Pullapart Boy is going to be left holding the brown and sticky end of the stick.
Now let's take the David Lynch analogy to its fullest extent. The visuals and dialogue in YIKES and TYKES are disturbing yet intriguing. The stories have their own internal logic despite appearing ludicrous on the surface. In the end, though, one feels cheated somehow. As in Lynch's movies, the creepy atmosphere is undercut by the fact that it has no real point. Indeed, the surreal nature of the creepiness becomes an end unto itself. It's the literary equivalent of empty calories as far as I'm concerned; the reader gets a sugar rush but is left unfulfilled.
In the end, YIKES comes within a hair's breadth of making the cut, but I don't see myself buying this book in the future. If weirdness for weirdness' sake is your cup of tea, you might want to give the tykes of YIKES a try.
Grade: C-
February 8, 2007
how can you go wrong with characters like,
li'l bloody, pullapart boy, dead boy, sweet chubby & kid medusa? you can't. And everything is colored in black,white,and pink.
li'l bloody, pullapart boy, dead boy, sweet chubby & kid medusa? you can't. And everything is colored in black,white,and pink.
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