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| − | [[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. | + | [[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 with three seemingly identical bandmates. |
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Latest revision as of 11:16, 25 April 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 with three seemingly identical bandmates.
Lineup:
- Wally Gropius
- Fred
- Red
- Ed
Interview 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.
