Happy Birthday David Lasky (1967-)

 

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David Lasky, middle

April 4, 2008

David Lasky was one of the first people I came into contact with when I sent my first minicomics into the tabloid COMICS F/X in the early 90s. If memory serves the mail brought his now famous ULYSSES adaptation (and, I think, a mini version of his BOOM BOOM series).

Original printing of ULYSSES

Even in these early days David was experimenting, the first issue of the digest-sized BOOM BOOM had a die-cut cover. This series was published after he moved to Seattle in 1992.

BOOM BOOM #1 (1993)

Lasky was in the second class of Xeric Grant recipients and published the James Joyce-oriented third issue of BOOM BOOM (1993).

BOOM BOOM #3 (1993)

Seattle publisher MU Press brought out David Lasky's BOOM BOOM as a regular-sized comic in 1994. The second issue of this version featured a biography of James Joyce in the style of 60s Jack Kirby comics!

BOOM BOOM #2 (1994)

Our paths intersected again when he published my Peanuts collage in the first issue of his OM anthology the following year. Note the similarity between this and the above cover.

Well, that's our tribute to the early comics of David Lasky in honor of his birthday. Follow his current work on Patreon.