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The alternative comic strip "Maakies" stars Dinky, an alcoholic cow drawnas a constructivist concatenation of geometric shapes, and Uncle Gabby, a monkeysometimes rendered as a sock puppet. They are two jolly tars on a shipcaptained by an Ahab knock-off and often beset by another ship full ofFrench-accented crocodiles in Napoleonic uniforms. Ashore, they try to maketime with women, puritanical Phoebe Bird for Drinky and a brunette for Gabby. Their patter is a stream of puns; ethnic show more stereotyping; and barf, scat, and sexjokes. Drunk most of the time (Drinky only F---s up when sober, he says),they frequently blow their brains out in despair. Their crude antics occur,however, in a context of virtuosic draftmanship. The sea scenes look real enoughto illustrate Horatio Hornblower. Millionaire effortlessly adopts the stylesand manners of classic strips, including a ministrip run under the main strip. show lessTags
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While I have to admit to being a huge Maakies fan, I also have to acknowledge that The House at Maakies Corner is the weakest of the three Maakies collected volumes that I have read so far. Uncle Gabby and Drinky Crow are as resilient as ever, but more than a few of these gags simply fall flat on their faces, and in a handful of these strips, one gets the impression that Tony Millionaire wasn't even putting much effort into his work. This is out of the ordinary for sure, and it's a fairly safe bet that some of the low points reflected in The House at Maakies Corner are an anomaly in the otherwise brilliant (and ongoing) Maakies narrative.
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