Various Electrical Appliances

Rick Geary’s Various Electrical Appliances is a single-issue comic originally published in 1977, a curious and characteristically meticulous one-off from the celebrated cartoonist. Known for his precise linework and deadpan wit, Geary applies his signature style to a subject far removed from his later true-crime work: the inner lives and absurdities of household machines. Though a brief entry in his bibliography, this issue stands as an early, charming example of Geary’s ability to find narrative and humor in the everyday.