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Fun With Reid Fleming: World's Toughest Milkman
Reid Fleming lurked in my sketchbook for nine months before first seeing the light of day in Vancouver's underground newspaper Georgia Straight (no. 550, June 9, 1978). Though initially intended to be a one-shot replacement for my regular weekly strip (Heart Break Comics), the public had other ideas, and Reid's non-stop quest for fun graced the Straight for another 6 months, the first comic book published by the author, followed in October 1980 (Strips originally done for the Straight occupy pp. 12-20.) Starting in 1986, the 132 page Rogue to Riches was serialized in five parts by Eclipse Comics of California. And that's what you have in your The first (and only) six Reid Flemming Comics. --- excerpt from Author's Note
- GenresGraphic Novels
173 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1991
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About the author
David Boswell
42 books6 followersDavid E. Boswell (born 1953) is a comic book writer and artist, illustrator, and photographer based in Vancouver, British Columbia who has worked in the comics industry. He is the creator of the series Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman.
Boswell grew up in London, Ontario, Canada, and Hamilton and Dundas, Ontario. He studied film at Oakville, Ontario's Sheridan College, where he graduated in 1974. After graduation, Boswell attempted to earn a living as a cartoonist, and his first full-page comic, "Heart Break Comics", was published in The Georgia Straight from 1977–1978. Boswell moved to Vancouver in 1977, and in 1978, he launched Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman. Another title Boswell created is Ray-Mond.
Boswell's influences include film directors Josef von Sternberg and Luis Buñuel, composer Hector Berlioz, comedians Buster Keaton, and W.C. Fields, and humourist Robert Benchley, as well as early Hollywood and European cinema stars, and he often features references in his work. He has written a number of screenplays for movies, none of which have been made.
In 2011 Boswell was inducted into the Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame.
Source: Wikipedia
Boswell grew up in London, Ontario, Canada, and Hamilton and Dundas, Ontario. He studied film at Oakville, Ontario's Sheridan College, where he graduated in 1974. After graduation, Boswell attempted to earn a living as a cartoonist, and his first full-page comic, "Heart Break Comics", was published in The Georgia Straight from 1977–1978. Boswell moved to Vancouver in 1977, and in 1978, he launched Reid Fleming, World's Toughest Milkman. Another title Boswell created is Ray-Mond.
Boswell's influences include film directors Josef von Sternberg and Luis Buñuel, composer Hector Berlioz, comedians Buster Keaton, and W.C. Fields, and humourist Robert Benchley, as well as early Hollywood and European cinema stars, and he often features references in his work. He has written a number of screenplays for movies, none of which have been made.
In 2011 Boswell was inducted into the Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame.
Source: Wikipedia
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December 18, 2011
Reid Fleming (the World's Toughest Milkman) is pretty much what Chuck Norris strives to be, but never quite makes it. This comic book series is iconic, being one of the last comics that might be labeled "underground comix" instead of alternative or independent comics.
It is a rare series that has absurdist and surreal humor that doesn't slap you in the face. Well, I suppose it does slap you, but it doesn't insult your intelligence.
After you read it will you will be wondering why you can't find The Horrors of Ivan in the TV Guide, and you might even remember that they don't even have milkmen anymore. And the next person who bugs you is bound to get a loud "I thought I told you to shut up!" ... and you won't even realize it.
It is a rare series that has absurdist and surreal humor that doesn't slap you in the face. Well, I suppose it does slap you, but it doesn't insult your intelligence.
After you read it will you will be wondering why you can't find The Horrors of Ivan in the TV Guide, and you might even remember that they don't even have milkmen anymore. And the next person who bugs you is bound to get a loud "I thought I told you to shut up!" ... and you won't even realize it.
September 22, 2010
One of the greats.
February 24, 2021
The theory is that if WC Fields was a milkman, with the frustrations of Sam Kinison, and he works for a milk company that seems a lot like Dairyland from Vancouver, British Columbia, and the boss seems a lot like Jim Pattison, multi-millionaire of the West Coast.
with a infrequent parallel tale of Lazlo, World's Greatest Slavic Lover
who seems to be like some 1930s Hungarian version of Valentino
where women eat goulash and do the tango
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one day Reid is so grumpy and pissy delivering milk
and yes, one day, he shows up at world wearing his pyjamas, and he says to people who point this out
'Don't you know anything?'
'These are the latest Paris fashions!'
Falling Down for Milkmen!
If WC Fields, delivered milk, and was married to Peggy Bundy
this might be actually be plausible
with a infrequent parallel tale of Lazlo, World's Greatest Slavic Lover
who seems to be like some 1930s Hungarian version of Valentino
where women eat goulash and do the tango
---
one day Reid is so grumpy and pissy delivering milk
and yes, one day, he shows up at world wearing his pyjamas, and he says to people who point this out
'Don't you know anything?'
'These are the latest Paris fashions!'
Falling Down for Milkmen!
If WC Fields, delivered milk, and was married to Peggy Bundy
this might be actually be plausible
January 3, 2008
Sadly hard to find. Twisted and fabulous. Almost certainly the name-source of The Dead Milkmen. And doesn't that make it worthwhile just by itself? Thirty-seven cents or I piss on your flowers!
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