{"id":2232,"date":"2016-07-21T17:33:42","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T21:33:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/?p=2232"},"modified":"2016-07-26T17:34:19","modified_gmt":"2016-07-26T21:34:19","slug":"r-buddy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/r-buddy\/","title":{"rendered":"R. Buddy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2233\" style=\"width: 681px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/RBuddy.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2233\" data-attachment-id=\"2233\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/r-buddy\/rbuddy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/RBuddy.jpg?fit=671%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"671,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RBuddy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;From BIUL #2.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/RBuddy.jpg?fit=500%2C745&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2233\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/RBuddy.jpg?resize=500%2C745\" alt=\"From BIUL #2.\" width=\"500\" height=\"745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/RBuddy.jpg?w=671&amp;ssl=1 671w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/RBuddy.jpg?resize=201%2C300&amp;ssl=1 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2233\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lulu.com\/shop\/matty-boy-anderson\/bands-i-useta-like-ii-back-to-school\/paperback\/product-22440290.html\" target=\"_blank\">BIUL #2<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you think this strip is confusing, here&#8217;s some help:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/R._Budd_Dwyer\">R. Budd Dwyer on Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;dark gift&#8221;, in my view, is a gift someone gives you that you can never give yourself; the experience of their death. You can only appreciate it once it&#8217;s happened. There is no describing it.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oiQRWR8oyXg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re curious about the aesthetic inspirations for the R. Buddy page, it&#8217;s a mix of Cabbage Patch Kids and this:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OdximU6Ao00?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A big doll for boys. I didn&#8217;t know any kids who had one, and it&#8217;s only remembered as the inspiration for Chucky from the\u00a0<em>Child&#8217;s Play<\/em> movies.<\/p>\n<p>If you think the R. Buddy strip is too dark, you haven&#8217;t read Ivan Brunetti&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Schizo<\/em>, one of the greatest comic books of all time:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2234\" style=\"width: 302px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/schizo.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2234\" data-attachment-id=\"2234\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/r-buddy\/schizo\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/schizo.jpg?fit=292%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"292,450\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"schizo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#8217;s a shame if you haven&amp;#8217;t.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/schizo.jpg?fit=292%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2234\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/schizo.jpg?resize=292%2C450\" alt=\"It's a shame if you haven't.\" width=\"292\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/schizo.jpg?w=292&amp;ssl=1 292w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/schizo.jpg?resize=195%2C300&amp;ssl=1 195w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It&#8217;s a shame if you haven&#8217;t.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>No one, and I mean no one, beats Ivan Brunetti when it comes to &#8220;dark&#8221;. Maybe Mike Diana, but he doesn&#8217;t change styles like a chameleon, and is easier to spot. Mike Diana was the 90s answer to Rory Hayes, and I mean that as a compliment. Both Brunetti and Diana have drawn comics that made me laugh myself into a fit. Brunetti&#8217;s joke-book\u00a0<em>HA!<\/em> is so wonderfully shocking, I&#8217;m often afraid to show it to people.<\/p>\n<p>The other magnificent sumbitch to beat is Chris Ware. His\u00a0<em>Acme Novelty Library<\/em> is not only emotionally vivid, it&#8217;s as funny as the old Lampoon, with occasional pages of fake ads loaded with hilarious tiny print. Ware&#8217;s incredible\u00a0<em>Jimmy Corrigan<\/em> saga contains a scene so hilarious I had to break from reading; while staying with his absent father, with whom he&#8217;s just reconnected, Jimmy dreams about mutilating him\u00a0with a broken beer mug.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2235\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/corrigan.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2235\" data-attachment-id=\"2235\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/r-buddy\/corrigan\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/corrigan.jpg?fit=1000%2C343&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,343\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"corrigan\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Copyright by Chris Ware.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/corrigan.jpg?fit=500%2C172&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2235\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/corrigan.jpg?resize=500%2C172\" alt=\"Copyright by Chris Ware.\" width=\"500\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/corrigan.jpg?w=1000&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/corrigan.jpg?resize=300%2C103&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/corrigan.jpg?resize=768%2C263&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Copyright by Chris Ware.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This was because Jimmy imagined his father fucking his mother, and afterwards, Jimmy slits open his father&#8217;s backside with the broken glass. His father bellows &#8220;HWARK&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know anyone living who draws better or funnier than Chris Ware.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering if you can handle the footage of R. Budd Dwyer shooting himself, you probably can&#8217;t. But you have to at least appreciate the dark gift he gave the world.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t get any ideas, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,3,6,9,10,77],"tags":[47,1434,1910,1904,31,29,1906,1905,25,1907,1909,161,1903,1908,24,706,32],"class_list":["post-2232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-influences","category-classic-comix","category-faint-signals","category-magazine-rack","category-nostalgic-obsessions","category-worst-of-all","tag-bands-i-useta-like","tag-cabbage-patch-kids","tag-childs-play","tag-chris-ware","tag-comix","tag-depression","tag-ivan-brunetti","tag-jimmy-corrigan","tag-laughter","tag-mike-diana","tag-my-buddy","tag-national-lampoon","tag-r-budd-dwyer","tag-rory-hayes","tag-suicide","tag-trans-am-band","tag-underground"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p53HmY-A0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1747,"url":"https:\/\/www.bandsiusetalike.com\/biul\/stickers-all-over-the-door\/","url_meta":{"origin":2232,"position":0},"title":"Stickers All Over The Door","author":"MattyBoy","date":"04\/08\/2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Those of us who were children in the late 1970s remember a form of schoolyard wampum that was ubiquitous at the time. 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