Art Babbler

Art Babbler is a satirical character from the indie comic Black Mass Art Critic, created to skewer and lampoon the pretensions of the art world. The character appeared across three eccentric series published by A Critical Publication.

Few characters wear their satirical purpose as openly as Art Babbler, the creation of David Bromley and Jim Hall who burst onto the indie comics scene in 1989 with Black Mass Art Critic #1. Born at the tail end of the Copper Age, this A Critical Publication original spent nearly a decade skewering the art world across a wonderfully eccentric trio of series — Black Mass Art Critic, Art in Shambles, and Punchline — sharing pages along the way with none other than Daniel Boone. With only five catalog appearances, Art Babbler is a genuine rarity, the kind of offbeat, small-press gem that reminds collectors just how gloriously weird and wide the comics world really is.