''Raisin Pie'' is an American
alternative comics
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series by husband-and-wife duo
and
Ariel Bordeaux
Ariel Bordeaux is an American citizen, American Alternative comics, alternative cartoonist, painter, and writer. She is known for the confessional autobiographical minicomics series ''Deep Girl'' and the two-person title (with her husband Rick A ...
.
Fantagraphics
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, which marketed the series as "gosh-darned good comics by the domesticated duo of ... Bordeaux
ndAltergott",
published five issues of the series between October 2002 and July 2007. The series was nominated for a
Harvey Award
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for Best New Comic of
2002
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.
[''Raisin Pie'' #2 page]
Fantagraphics website. Accessed Sept. 26, 2018.
Overview
Like the
Hernandez brothers
The Hernandez brothers, also known as Los Bros Hernandez, are the three American cartoonist brothers Mario (b. 1953), Gilbert (b. 1957), and Jaime Hernandez (b. 1959).
The three were born in a Mexican-American family and grew up i ...
' ''
Love and Rockets'', Altergott and Bordeaux essentially split the book, each doing their own ongoing storylines. Altergott's "Blessed Be" storyline featured his long-running character
Doofus and a drug dealer "trying to get back at the judge who sent him to jail" ("and something to do with
Satanists
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"),
while Bordeaux's "Maple Valley Public Library" was "the story of an irate woman who's trying to get a book banned and the woman who has to deal with her."
[Bramer, Kevin]
"Bordeaux, Ariel – Raisin Pie #1 (with Rick Altergott)"
''Optical Sloth'' (April 22, 2002).
AtomicAvenue.com characterized the series this way:
Issues
# (October 2002) – series begins with "Starting Over", jointly written and illustrated by Altergott and Bordeaux. Also includes the stories "Blessed Be Part 1", by Altergott, and "Maple Valley Public Library", by Bordeaux.
# (July 2003) – Altergott continues with "Blessed Be" as well as a profile of
pornographic film actor
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John Holmes by Altergott; Bordeaux continues with the "Maple Valley Public Library" storyline, as well as a new story, "Queen of the Geeks". Cover by Altergott.
# (Spring 2004) – features "Blessed Be" part three and "Maple Valley Public Library" part three. Painted cover by Bordeaux.
# (September 2005) – Continuation of Altergott's "Blessed Be" storyline. Cover by Altergott
# (July 2007) – cover by Altergott, featuring his character
Doofus
References
Notes
Sources consulted
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2002 comics debuts
2007 comics endings
Fantagraphics titles
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