{"id":976,"date":"2012-03-25T22:50:00","date_gmt":"2012-03-25T22:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/secretacres.com\/?p=976"},"modified":"2018-10-24T22:34:07","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T22:34:07","slug":"movie-venom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/secretacres.com\/?p=976","title":{"rendered":"John Brodowski"},"content":{"rendered":"
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John Brodowski<\/span> grew up in an “utterly unremarkable” New England town. Unfortunately this is also where he currently lives. During his brain’s most crucial developmental period he enjoyed watching many, many horror movies such as Rawhead Rex<\/em>, Death Race 2000<\/em>, and The Toxic Avenger<\/em>. He also enjoyed staying up very late and eating 10 packs of Reeses Peanut Butter Cups. JB is currently battling a Pepsi addiction but can’t seem to make comics without it. Bottom Line: If you like the movie Cyborg<\/em> starring Jean-Claude Van Damme then you should buy these comics.<\/p>\n

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IN THE EMPORIUM<\/span><\/p>\n

John’s<\/span> comics can be found in the Secret Acres Emporium here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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\nIN PRAISE OF JOHN BRODOWSKI<\/span><\/p>\n

What were<\/span> the best comic books of the last year? Dan Nadel, founder of the PictureBox publishing house, lists his favourites …<\/p>\n

Way out in North America, in the countryside past the suburbs, near a forest near a lake, John Brodowski has planted his Curio Cabinet<\/em> (Secret Acres). Each story in this collection maintains a perfectly reasonable veneer until, for example, an enormous dog paw descends from the heavens and slaps a man out of a car, or a menacing Loch Ness Monster is hailed by a hard-rocking Judas Priest. This is a book in which a doppelganger of the old Friday the 13th<\/em> villain Jason Vorhees, he of the hockey mask, appears again and again, like a totem, achieving a weirdly peaceful mythos by the end. And yet it all seems so ordinary in Brodowski\u2019s methodical, carefully shaded panels, each unravelling just so, patiently waiting for us to give in to his logic. All of this is to say: I can\u2019t think of a better metaphysical horror comic in recent memory.<\/p>\n

\u2013 The Economist: More Intelligent Life<\/span><\/p>\n

Idiosyncratic, funny, and haunting, Curio Cabinet<\/em> is a laugh out loud exploration of the mysterious and mundane, where the awe inspiring is unearthed and revealed, often without warning, from the detritus of modern life. There is nothing else like it. In Brodowski\u2019s hands, content and style come together to create a surprisingly layered, rich, singular work, revealing an artist in deft control of his form. One of the best young cartoonists to emerge in years.<\/p>\n

– Sammy Harkham<\/span><\/p>\n

MORE PRAISE FOR JOHN BRODOWSKI<\/span><\/a>\n