Remember JOE LOVES CRAPPY MOVIES? About how he really did enjoy those hulking pieces of shit? Well, THEATER HOPPER is kind of the same thing, with the same clean, mainstream sensibility, but this one has a bit more of an edge. When the characters in this webcomic learn about Indiana Jones riding bitch in the KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL, they take Indy to task for it.
On the surface, this strip is about movies, but at its heart, it’s about friendship and relationships with women who should know better than to love their fellas. It’s also about a deep and abiding appreciation of Viggo Mortensen’s naked bath house knife fight in EASTERN PROMISES. No, really. Yes. Read the book.
And whereas Joe has his superhero group therapy sessions, writer/artist Tom Brazleton has the geek trauma center, where people go when they’ve injured themselves in pop culture ways. Get your hand cut off playing EMPIRE STRIKES BACK? Or perhaps you got your limbs chopped off playing MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. This is where you go to get that shit taken care of.
The best part, though, is when Brazleton gives movies shit for being stupid. The bit where he takes apart THE EYE is a sight to behold. But it’s not all a hate-fest. Brazleton gives White Castle a lot of credit for coming out and being honest by saying that they’re really stoner food (by attaching their name to HAROLD AND KUMAR’s first movie).
THEATER HOPPER is also about the enjoyable experience of seeing movies in the theater. If you love that kind of package, you should really check out http://www.theaterhopper.com/.
THEATER HOPPER sampler booklet
Writer and illustrator: Tom Brazleton
13 pages
Free at conventions
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