Mimsy Review: Why I Hate Saturn
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Kyle Baker’s “Why I Hate Saturn•” is the Fear & Loathing for the 21 Jump Street generation.
| Recommendation | Purchase• |
|---|---|
| Author | Kyle Baker |
| Year | 1990 |
| Length | 204 pages |
| Book Rating | 7 |
So, I’m only about eighteen years behind the curve on this one, but I finally picked up Kyle Baker’s Why I Hate Saturn• at last year’s comic-con. I bought it because I enjoyed the copy of The Cowboy Wally Show• that I picked up the year before at the con.
Part of the reason I bought them is, most likely, that they’re out of print and falling into the hands of the kind of disreputable dealer that I frequent on the exhibition floor. I’ve added You Are Here• to the list of Kyle Baker books, but I haven’t read that one yet. I told you, I’m sixteen years behind the curve. I’ll pick that up at this year’s con.
Reminiscent of movies such as Swingers• and The Tao of Steve•. Which, of course, came after it: 1996 and 2000, respectively. That’s what I get for watching movies more than I read books nowadays.
- Why I Hate Saturn•: Kyle Baker
- “During the nine-hour flight, I went over my plan. The plane would land in Ontario airport. From there, I would take a bus to Redlands, since that was the address on the letter she sent me, and ask around for a girl in a spacesuit. Simple enough plan. Going over it wasn’t really going to kill much of the nine hours. I wished this guy next to me spoke English.”
- The Cowboy Wally Show•: Kyle Baker
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Cowboy Wally hires a director to film a documentary about his life. Drink beer. And watch Sands of Blood interspersed with the Cowboy Wally Show.
- Kyle Baker
- “It takes more than knowing how to draw and crack a joke to be to the ‘Comic Book Universe’ that which Kyle Baker has become. It takes heart. It takes drive. It takes… Well, that’s about it. Draw, crack a joke, heart and drive. Actually, we were kind of just grasping for straws with the heart and drive. Drawing and cracking jokes, though, are definitely—anyway he’s the best at it, which is how he has become what he became, which is the point I was making, but enough about me.”
- Swingers•
- No, this is the fear and loathing for the 21-Jump Street generation. They’s all growed up and moved to Los Angeles.
- The Tao of Steve•
- The Tao of Steve McQueen: Dex has mixed Buddhism and Taoism into the laws that make the prototypical cool American hero.
- You Are Here•: Kyle Baker
- “Here, Baker does New York City again, but this time strictly for laughs. Noel Coleman, a handsome, momentarily reformed criminal, falls big time for Helen, a beautiful redhead and sensitive New Age spiritualist and animal lover.”