The poetry here is a terrible chore-- The imagined letters a horrible bore-- This woman's writing is awfully clumsy-- She uses cliches like a matronly mummsy-- Infelicitous phrases, as common as hookers-- I wonder and wonder how she won that Bookers-- and yet, and yet, its quite a good story-- as brilliant and lovely as some Morninglory-- so let me just tell ya in a voice that's stentorian yer probably better off reading some REAL Victorian!
It's no wonder that Jim Unger of HERMAN fame, as well as that guy from THE NEW YORKER who does those odd porcupinish strips, have blurbed, as it were, this solid collection of cartoons, for SPEEDBUMP smacks of both--in the best possible way. Less harsh and misanthropic than Unger, not quite as bizarre as THE FAR SIDE, way funnier than many-many-many of THE NEW YORKER frames, often very cleverly drawn, Coverly's SPEEDBUMP is a real delight. The stuff he does with the animal world contains some of the most effective, contemplative, gentle satire I've come across in the 'toon realm. I'm a big fan of HERMAN and THE FAR SIDE--and a not particularly easy person to please--so for me to… Read more
