The Vagabonds #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis debut issue of The Vagabonds, published by Alternative Comics in 2003, introduces a series that follows a group of itinerant characters navigating life on the fringes of society. The story sets up their interconnected journeys and struggles, blending slice-of-life drama with a raw, indie sensibility typical of the publisher's early 2000s output.
In "Tribal Rituals, Part One: On a Mission," Josh Neufeld spins a playful courtroom satire where his own artistic legacy is put on trial, with Tintin himself serving as the prosecutor. The story humorously traces Neufeld’s lifelong homage to Hergé, the creator of Tintin, from childhood sketches to his professional work—revealing how deeply the Belgian cartoonist’s influence shaped his style. With every panel drawn, inked, colored, and lettered by Neufeld himself, the issue is a self-aware love letter to his artistic roots, rendered in his signature clean, expressive line. The cover by Neufeld captures the scene’s witty tone with a sharp, stylized sketch of the courtroom showdown.
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Humorous courtroom scene where Tintin points out all the ways Neufeld copied Tintin-creator Hergé (George Remi) during the course of his art career, starting from when he was 8 or 9 years old. A light-hearted way of demonstrating the great debt Josh's work owes to the legendary Belgian cartoonist.
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