Post #169797 by Tiki Chris on Tue, Jul 5, 2005 4:49 PM

I just recently got a copy of this comic. It's fun and I recommend it. Here are some excerpts from a review I posted on some other sites:

Take a Ride on the Untamed Highway

Recently, I picked up an issue of Untamed Highway, an underground comic book that “scratches the underbelly of vanished American Pop Culture.”

... Untamed Highway is self-published by its co-creators, Noah Snodgrass and Shawn Dickinson. Noah and Shawn met over a conversation about Ren and Stimpy and discovered they shared many of the same influences, such as the work of Basil Wolverton, Wallace Wood, Robert Crumb and Ed Roth.

Set in a “mid-century netherworld,” Untamed Highway tells the tale of how Sydney Drake (the story’s protagonist) haplessly stumbles upon the Eye in the Wasteland (a Shriner-esque secret society obsessed with Americana and roadside attractions) in an attempt to evade his arch nemesis, Bananas Barofsky (a thuggish villain permanently trapped inside a gorilla mask).

Untamed Highway #1 is a very fun read chocked full of screwball illustrations. Much of this issue is set in a lavishly illustrated tiki bar called Idol Hans (Hans is the name of the bartender). Every character is, indeed, a character that may be best described using adjectives unfortunately not so en vogue these days, such as dingbat, dimwitted, wacky, and hardboiled.

Yes, this comic is a real gas! And for only $3.95, it’s well worth checking out.

To find out more and to view more illustrations visit http://www.untamedhighway.com

[ Edited by: Tiki Chris on 2005-07-05 16:50 ]