INDIE COMICS: Huffin’ & puffin’ B.B. Wolf’s got the blues
BB WOLF AND THE THREE LPs (Top Shelf, May 2010 hardcover, black & white, 86 pages, $12.95) As told by JD Arnold with illustrations by Richard Koslowski What got my attention immediately was the pairing up of a classic fairy tale with musical motifs. That’s a combination that pushes two of my “hot buttons” - - so I made it a must-read. I was not disappointed. This is a very entertaining and cleverly designed work that rivals Bill Willingham’s creativity on the long-running FABLES series from Vertigo. As if taking the classic tale of the Big Bad Wolf and the Three Little Pigs and turning it upside down wasn’t enough to interest, BB WOLF AND THE THREE LPS serves as an allegory for the oppression of the black population in the deep South (Mississippi) in the 1920’s. While they may be free (wolves), the governing bodies (pigs) have the power to deny them their land, homes and possessions and even own the...
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