My bad reader review on the Curbside Boys page on Amazon.com:
Terrible, February 6, 2007 (one star)
By Nysocboy (Wisconsin)
“Way too much text per frame, so much that the artwork is overwhelmed. Which is probably a good thing, since the artwork is horrible, amateurish, the kind of doodling you would see from a young boy with an interest in art but no training. The most important problem is that the strip is not in the least funny. Most of the strips are depressing; the “gags” evoke sadness, even despair. I can’t tell if the author is trying to depress his readers for some crazy reason, or if he thinks he’s being funny. Either way, he should take a look at some of the best gay comics.”
I clicked on the “See All My Reviews” link for this guy and he gave several other one star reviews to various books and DVDS, including Greg Fox’s Kyle’s Bed and Breakfast comic strip collection (”They (the characters) agonize with the internalized homophobia of a Kansas farmboy circa 1953.”), Nico and Dani (”oddly homophobic story of gay love”), Cruel Intentions (”the most homophobic movie that I have ever seen”) and the 80’s slasher flick Sleepaway Camp (”there’s a difference between homoerotic and homophobic”). He certainly does not mince words, that’s for sure, and look out homophobes! He is on the case. The major prob I have is his nasty review is that chronologically it’s the most recent one for my book, so anyone looking at it on Amazon sees his um, acerbic views before seeing the far kinder notices.
Underneath, where it asks “Was This Review Helpful to You?” Amazon shows 0 of 1 readers found this review helpful. Guess who that reader might be? :O)
July 31st, 2007 at 5:32 am
Oh Robert! He’s from Wisconsin! I think the damage has been done to him already!
Oh wait, your from there too, aren’t you.
=)
August 3rd, 2007 at 8:13 am
Heya Tim, howzitgoin? I’m actually from Detroit, MI - a midwesterner and proud of it! I live in Minneapolis, where Mary Tyler Moore threw her hat. Nice to hear from ya.
August 5th, 2007 at 1:23 pm
I too was born in Detroit, and moved to Chicago.
August 6th, 2007 at 8:57 am
Did you grow up in Detroit proper? I was in the Indian Village neighborhood. I never saw ya there though! :O)
August 6th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
Watch your reviews….
August 7th, 2007 at 1:17 pm
I was born in Detroit, and around 8, moved to Ohio for a few years, then when we moved back, it was to Madison Heights. When I moved out onto my own, I moved to 8 mile and Woodward, in fashionable Ferndale. From there to Chicago, and soon, will move to New York.
I hung out at bars like Todds, City Club, St. Andrew’s Basement, Taboo and such.
August 8th, 2007 at 11:42 am
Hey Trav! Thanks, you’re a pal (as always)!
Hey Tim! I too hung out at Todd’s (Taaaaaaaahhd’s) and also at Menjo’s, but I think the latter may have been before your time….Oy, I’m getting nostalgic now…
August 8th, 2007 at 12:01 pm
Oh, I went to Menjos, Backstreet, and some other places I can’t remember now. I moved in 94 to chicago, so lets see. I started going to the punk clubs around 87, and went to those most till 92. So if you were in Detroit between 87-94 and going to any of those clubs, we might have run into each other.