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MoonBanana #2: Drawings from Over There Adam Kane [self-published]
MoonBanana is an 8.5 x 11-inch book that collects black and white drawings and comics created by Boston-based cartoonist Adam Kane. Issue number two continues with the MoonBanana title although the “MoonBanana” strip makes only a few appearances.
Drawings from Over There
MoonBanana #2, the “collected comics, scribblings, and squigglings,” as Adam calls them, includes a strip about a songbird who gives a warning of impending apocalyptic doom. Humans admire its tune, unaware of the meaning behind it.
The Great Nardini appears in several features including one where his greatness “delivers” a child made of hairball and soap. This gnarly offspring hitchhikes his way to Montana and then gets a job as a dishwasher in a saloon. He falls in love with a waitress and, well, it only gets more bizarre from there.
Other strips include “Insomi-Anne,” “The Details of a Sunset” and “One Wistful Summer with Mr. Pudd”. The latter tells the tale of teenage driving lessons with the wise Mr. Pudd. Mr. Pudd is not very wise at all it turns out. In fact, he cares more about TV show Shark Watchers than he does about driving instruction. Nevertheless, he has the narrator’s utmost respect.
And of course, there are the “MoonBanana” strips. In these, the protagonist, along with his disinterested dog Bixby, obsesses over the banana-shaped moon, as one does.
Some of the strips in this issue appeared in the comics fanzine Spread Love as well as the comics anthology newspaper Scarfff. Adam created these strips in 2022 and 2023.
Adam intends to publish a MoonBanana issue annually, even though the namesake strip may not continue. No sense in giving up a great name, even if the scope of the project changes.
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