Attention for Ethnic Albanians Need Not Apply
The Last Christmas Gift isn’t the only book getting attention. The New Podler Reviews has kind things to say about Ethnic Albanians Need Not Apply: A CheapCaffeine Collection:
As XKCD and Tree Lobsters have shown, one does not need complex drawings or even original images to have a successful comic. It’s all about content and context. Could Shumate have drawn the strip from scratch? Sure. But instead, he’s hit upon a great idea: Use old images from yesteryear and juxtapose historical settings with modern problems to bring the funny. For example, an illustration of a Victorian era couple in the study becomes the visual basis for a wife complaining to her husband about his credit card charges to “hoochieworld.com”.
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