#mike funk

Internet Murder Revenge Fantasy is a raw, trippy memoir-cum-comic anthology from Canadian author, game developer (retired), and podcast host Merritt Kopas. Written by Kopas and illustrated by a dizzyingly talented slate of artists, the collection of short comics delves into shame, body horror, sexual awakening, online storytelling, and the road from being abused to fixating on power and martyrdom. It’s a shock to the system, work trading without apology in the stickiest thoughts of the adolescent mind without indulging in the self-deprecation of enlightened adulthood. Reading this book feels like going through an old stash of porn before burning it outside under the stars, or maybe like popping a huge and pustular blackhead. It’s ugly, difficult, and cathartic.

Paper Jam 5 Exhibitor #15: Mike Funk

Mike Funk is a cartoonist who also plays drums in the feminist revenge-core quartet and Silent Barn favorite Shady Hawkins. His autobiographical comics have the charm and sparse line work of early John Porcellino mixed with Mike’s own stories of being a twenty something in a punk rock band. We’ve only begun to see what Mike is capable of as a cartoonist, be we are glad bring you such a promising young artist at Paper Jam.