Colin Upton's Big Black Thing #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Big Black Thing of Doom!", Socialist Turtle—thin-shelled and fiercely ideological—clashes with capitalist schemers, Trotskyite rivals, and traitorous allies on a featureless plain, all while navigating the absurdities of ideological warfare. Written and drawn entirely by Colin Upton, this 1994 satire blends biting humor with a surreal take on Cold War-era political divisions, rendered in bold, expressive lines. The cover by Colin Upton captures the chaos with a striking, ominous silhouette.
In "Happy Ned and his Rabbit Spot," a quietly absurd tale from Colin Upton's *Big Black Thing* #1, a man named Jo and his rabbit Spot navigate a world where kindness is both a mission and a punchline. Written with sharp, deadpan wit and drawn in a stark, expressive style, the story delivers a surreal, darkly comic take on faith, innocence, and the unexpected consequences of good intentions.
In "Socialist Turtle," a Stalinist turtle with a thin shell wages a surreal, shell-shocked battle for dominance over a featureless plain, facing off against capitalists, Trotskyites, and class traitors in a sharp-witted political satire drawn from the fractious debates of 1980s leftist movements. This one-page gem from Colin Upton’s *Big Black Thing #1* blends absurdity and ideology in a world where ideology is as thick as a turtle’s shell and as fragile as its defense.
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↩ Reprints Tales of the Terrible Teatotaler #1 (1987), Self-Indulgent Comics #10 (1988), Hotxha the Albanian #[nn] (1990), Famous Bus Rides #2, Real Rubbie #6, Self-Indulgent Comics #3, The Happy Hater #3
Reprinted in Real Big Thing Stuff: The Collected Collaborations of Colin Upton and Dennis Eichhorn #[nn] (1997)
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