Landis: I do think the biggest things about Animal House were the score and the photography. I wanted it gritty and dark. You asked about danger. I’ll tell you one more true story: When I showed the movie to Ned Tanen, the president of Universal, for the first time, he stopped the movie after the black bar scene, actually stopped the projector, and stormed out. A little bit later we get a memo that we have to cut the whole road trip to the bar. ‘There’ll be riots! There’ll be riots!’ So we showed the movie to Richard Pryor. And Richard sent a hand-written note, on blue stationery: ‘Ned, Animal House is fucking funny and white people are crazy.—Richard.’ And that’s the only reason we were able to finish the film.”

Keith’s Nowhere Band is a funny look at four dudes from Minneapolis who play rock music. His other strip, Gentleman’s Gentleman, teaches you etiquette and fashion in a witty style. I like Keith and would like to get a print copy of this book for myself, so please throw a few bucks his way so he can print it.

Note: There is the occasional bit of sweary language your mom wouldn’t like.

Related:
I wrote about the first and second print volumes a while back.

Princess Pye and Sammitch, originally uploaded by zacksoto.

From his upcoming relaunch of Secret Voice.

Here’s one of the first installments from OG: Road Trippin’:

There’s quite a few like this; little bursts of naturally comedic dialogue. What’s pleasantly surprising is seeing how evocative minimalist style is when it comes to the topic of her grandfather’s death, forgoing mawkishness and rending of cloth and instead focusing on little moments that are pretty universal. You can pre-order the book now or wait to see her at San Diego, where she’s forced to sit next to those schmucks from Agreeable Comics for four days.