Raisin Pie

Just released from Fantagraphics is the fifth issue of Raisin Pie, the joint comic by husband-and-wife team Rick Altergott and Ariel Bordeaux. This issue will be Ariel's last, as she goes into a brief retirement to raise their new son Eddie Altergott! Ariel will conclude her part in Raisin Pie with two stories "Maple Valley Public Library" and "Queen of the Geeks." Rick Altergott continues the saga of his hapless hero Doofus in part five of "Blessed Be" and will take over Raisin Pie entirely for issue six, which features the thrilling conclusion of his current Doofus epic .

Altergott's Doofus is one of the most disturbing comic book heroes since R. Crumb's Mr. Natural. Sporting a Dutch-boy haircut and slaving away at his predilection for women's underwear, Doofus is a creepy protagonist to say the least. His Raisin Pie adventure has him searching for his missing sidekick Henry Hotchkiss on a nude beach and getting intwined in a deadly plot involving a woman's missing boyfriend.

Also available from Fantagraphics is the Doofus Omnibus (pictured), collecting the pre-Raisin Pie adventures of the panty-huffing hillbilly.



Congratulation to Rick and Ariel for their new baby, and pick up the current Raisin Pie because they got a new mouth to feed on a indie comic salary.

-Jon