Hawk Krall

great! another miserable, pissed off "underground" cartoonist that can't draw. the whole "i hate the whole world, and I'm obsessed with asses" schtick was already done by some guy named Crumb who was also from the City Of Brotherly Love, but had the smarts to get out where he isn't wanted. Philadelphia doesn't want to read obscene comics written by bitter, snide hipsters. Nobody wants to read a comic about actual people's boring lives. Comics are supposed to be about Muscular superheroes that defeat evil, galactic wizard warriors that save america from al-queda aliens. Or how about a comic about the Eagles? E-A-G-L-E-S EAGLES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow the previous comment was about the dumbest I have EVER read! congrats for being the biggest no taste douchetard living in philly today!

hahahhahaha! was that comment real? Big Muscles and Eagles? Someone just wants to see more dudes in tight tights, I say bring on the big butts!

This is my favorite comic out of the bunch, and it may in part be because I am linked with someone who had been in the music business. I know that there’s a lot of B.S. and scutwork that goes along with keeping musicians in the limelight, and I have also worked service industry jobs and know how demeaning that can be. So I validate this artist’s viewpoint. I don’t think that he is bitter and hates everybody—on the contrary, he stated that sometimes artists you want to see come to play the venue (where he works). And then you have the somewhat disconcerting experience, when musicians you idolize come off their pedestals and just want burgers n stuff, which you – lowly you—provide for them. In a way, he, the service provider, is then on the same plane with the rock star. They’re both just people, and there’s nothing glorified about either of them. He’s a cook, and they’re just hungry consumers. Now, when the performer goes on stage, that’s another thing. Then the cartoonist might feel his smallness compared to the performer’s extraordinary achievements, if the cartoonist values those things. Anyway, it’s a great strip and the art’s good and I’d love to see more. Best Wishes.

so who ever won the contest? I havent seen ANY comics in citypaper OR that other weekly paper, they even used to have a sweet comic about hoagies and the EAGLES and the liberty bell. still have lots of great pictures in the back though, i cut them out and tape them up in my garage, even though I dont really understand what "fully functional" means.

Anyway I found this dirty dish jerk's website: www.hawkkrall.net and he has a bunch of drawings about how he hates america, but there's also some really sweet drawings of porno girls and paris hitlon and stuff. GO PHILS!!