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| − | Band from the oddball comic ''Wally Gropius'' by Tim Hesley, originally run in alt comics mag ''Mome'' and collected into a single volume ''Wally Gropius'' (Fantagraphics, 2010). | + | [[Image:Dropouts_Wally_Gropius.png|right]]Band from the oddball comic ''Wally Gropius'' by Tim Hesley, originally run in alt comics mag ''Mome'' and collected into a single volume ''Wally Gropius'' (Fantagraphics, 2010). Protagonist Wally is a teenage millionaire and loose, post-modern parody of old 1960s Richie Rich-type comic books and drawn in that style. Occasionally Wally has this band. |
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| + | Innterview with Newsarama.com, 2010: | ||
| + | Newsarama: What do you think the Dropouts sound like? | ||
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| + | Hensley: Maybe an all-male version of the Shaggs, just as Bell Biv Devoe were the gender complement to TLC, or completely silent pantomime. | ||
| + | </blockquote> | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
*https://www.newsarama.com/5487-indie-cartoonist-makes-money-funny-in-wally-gropius.html | *https://www.newsarama.com/5487-indie-cartoonist-makes-money-funny-in-wally-gropius.html | ||
*https://www.denofgeek.com/us/books-comics/5946/wally-gropius-the-umpteen-millionaire-graphic-novel-review | *https://www.denofgeek.com/us/books-comics/5946/wally-gropius-the-umpteen-millionaire-graphic-novel-review | ||
| − | https://medium.com/@warcelowendes/wally-gropius-i-was-a-teenager-millionaire-e4218ac1c67d | + | *https://medium.com/@warcelowendes/wally-gropius-i-was-a-teenager-millionaire-e4218ac1c67d |
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| + | [[Category:2010|Dropouts]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Comic books|Dropouts]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Rock|Dropouts]] | ||
Revision as of 10:44, 4 March 2019
Band from the oddball comic Wally Gropius by Tim Hesley, originally run in alt comics mag Mome and collected into a single volume Wally Gropius (Fantagraphics, 2010). Protagonist Wally is a teenage millionaire and loose, post-modern parody of old 1960s Richie Rich-type comic books and drawn in that style. Occasionally Wally has this band.
Lineup:
- Wally Gropius
- Fred
- Red
- Ed
Innterview with Newsarama.com, 2010:
Newsarama: What do you think the Dropouts sound like?
Hensley: Maybe an all-male version of the Shaggs, just as Bell Biv Devoe were the gender complement to TLC, or completely silent pantomime.
