Polska, Sucka!

Starting on March 2, I will be posting pages of Polska, Sucka! that were not originally included in the Vampires Remixed issue, but really should have been. I omitted these bits of storyline because I gave myself a limit of 24 pages for the print mini-comic version to keep myself within budget and deadline.  I would like to thank Thom G. founder of the Polska, Sucka! Fan Club for making a convincing argument for me to actually publish these pages.

I did not try to replicate the old style of drawing, so that the new pages stand out.  Working from memory, I was able to reconstruct this introduction to the relationship between Wit and Skylark. Although these pages help the Issue #1 flow more smoothly, they really didn’t seem absolutely necessary to the overall story. However, now that I don’t have the constraints of print, it seemed like a good idea to add this little bit of background. The restored pages also extend the cemetery scene.

There is another rather gruesome, yet deeply touching scene involving Apricot that I could’ve added to the begining of  Vampires Remixed, but I decided to save it for the next issue, since it seems be a better fit for that portion of the story.

I am updating the newest episode of Polska, Sucka! early. Loki has been busy with work, so this week’s episode of Killer Dyke is late. Sorry about that.

Writing a webcomic about the effects of human trafficking is gut-wrenching enough. Knowing that this is a reality is even more devastating to the human psyche. I don’t have the answers on how we as a society can solve the problem of human-trafficking. However, this documentary by photogenX will certainly, shock and awaken people into awareness of this mind-boggling issue, as well as the hope of a modern-day abolitionist movement.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4323bRWrj0

All the Suckas, United! FAQs that are currently still relevant have been moved here, as the old LJ community is phased out.  I also moved the Extras gallery here, and nuked the old Suckaverse site out of existence.  In other words, the migration is complete!

New comic coming Wednesday.  Be there, or be a rhombus.

Polska, Sucka!’s completely irreverent book and thing reviews are back, after a 2-year disappearance. All reviews are done by the characters of the Suckaverse and are completely tasteless. Be sure to click on the Literate Illiterate tag to check them out.

Today’s review is for Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book by Brian Froud and Terry Jones. A special thanks goes out to Mark Masters for sending us a copy to review.

Rocket: For a kid’s book this thing sure has a lot of boobs.

Dmitri: Squeezy, mushed-up boobs.

Skylark: (Giggling stupidly through his nose until cackling bursts through.) How in the hell can you say that with a straight face?

Dmitri: (Mock-crying but actually laughing out loud.) Fairies died a hideous crunchy death to bring us… I can’t. Bear… Gods-dammit where are my meds?

Rocket: Well, at least they have that one section with the weird paper thingy that help protect the innocent from becoming perverted. It did protect your innocence, right Laisandra?

Laisandra: It did not, it merely taunted it and stomped it to a pulp of nothing. I see nothing humorous about a book glorifying the death of fairies.

Dmitri: You see nothing humorous about anything.

Laisandra: So what if I don’t. Fairies are beautiful creatures of fantasy. Delicate and precious, like angels of G-d. But, this Lady Cottington just crushes them like the dreams of a thousand starving children living in the rotting corpse of what used to be a third world country. This book glorifies death, and the destruction of beauty. It is the face of humanity. That wicked disease, humanity is a festering boil upon the universe. Life is worthless. It makes me want to die.

Rocket: (Comforting) Honey, it’s just a funny book with disturbingly pretty watercolor paintings of crushed fairies and a cool fake journal by this one lady that doesn’t even exist. The older version of her is played by Terry Jones on the DVD that comes with the book.

Dmitri: (Laughing Maniacally) Terry Jones in drag is hilarious.

Skylark: (Flippant) In other words, it’s comedic fiction. Don’t take it too seriously, you teenage drama queen.

Rocket: Has anybody ever told you that you’re an asshole?

Skylark: Repeatedly.

Dmitri: (Laughing Obnoxiously) Have some vodka, you can be an asshole too.

Rocket: Dude, you drink way too much.

Skylark: Rocket, you drink bootleg Everclear straight until you puke blood.

Rocket: Yeah, but I’m not an obnoxious alcoholic like he is.

Dmitri: No, I’m just a friendly, horny alcoholic. (Gropes Rocket’s breast.)

Rocket: (Gives Dmitri a sharp left-hook.) That’s for my pressed-Russian collection. (He drops down cold.)

Laisandra: (Deadpan) Now that was funny.

Skylark: Um… whatever. I highly recommend Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book. It’s not really a kid’s book, but it’s highly enjoyable gallows humor with extremely adept artwork. This is Skylark signing off. Thank you for reading.