Rick Altergott's The Doofus Omnibus
By Leroy Douresseaux
January 31, 2004 - 14:07
Fantagraphics Books
Writer(s): Rick Altergott
Penciller(s): Rick Altergott
Inker(s): Rick Altergott
Cover Artist(s): Rick Altergott
ISBN: 156097494-X; $16.95 (soft cover)
Doofus, as a character, is hard to take in large does, and at over 100 pages, this book is too much Doofus. Still, it’s hard to stop looking at this fabulous little trade paperback. Doofus is like the car wreck that you have to stop and admire, and Altergott’s work is funny in the vein of work by R. Crumb, such animated TV series as “Family Guy” and “The Simpson,” and the crude but cogent humor of Dave Chappelle. I sincerely hope that I don’t have to wait another 20 years for the second omnibus of Doofus and Altergott.
[DRECK, DULL, READABLE, VERY GOOD, EXCELLENT]
Editor: Kim Thompson
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