Nicholas Gurewitch's The Perry Bible Fellowship is one of
those web cartoons that you feel guilty about reading. You feel
guilty because it is "laugh out loud" funny, and you don't
have to pay a dime to read them. To be specific, they're not
just "giggle to yourself" funny, but "laugh hard to
yourself, forward it to your friends, post it on your blog
with a link" funny.
The Perry Bible Fellowship are random topic comics that
exist in a world where people are puffy white blobs,
dinosaurs with glasses teach school and dangerous looking
aliens carve messages in the moon. The comics are
beautifully illustrated by Nicholas Gurewitch and posted on
thepbf.com.
Check out the comics if you haven't already, I've read them
through four or five times and they are still as good as the
first time, and, I've found that if you read them at work
it's like you are getting paid to do it.
Here's the Q & A with Nicholas Gurewitch
STUMBLEBUM STUDIOS - Where do you live, where did you go to
school and do you have a day job?
NICHOLAS GUREWITCH - I went to school at Syracuse
University. My every once in a while day-job is babysitting.
But that's mostly for kicks.
 SS - When did you start drawing comics and what inspired you
to do so?
NG - Starting drawing comics in college. Wanted to see
something of mine in my school paper.
SS - What's your process like for creating a PBF Strip? What
do you use and how large are they when you are done?
NG - Sometimes they're very big. Sometimes each frame is as
big as my scanner will allow. Usually only about twice the
size you see them online. Creating the PBF, I usually just
visualize the frames in my mind, and do my best to match
that visualization without hesitating too much. In a period
of inspiration, it is often necessary just to start
sketching instinctively, and to deal with the ramifications
of your decisions later.
 SS - Where did the title Perry Bible Fellowship come from?
NG - In late 1999, I embarked on a short-lived psychological
experiment to see if I could learn to like music that I
considered "bad." I noticed that if I tried, I usually
could. It was during this time that my friend Albert Birney
and I needed a name for a certain comic strip (see Archive:
"Stiff Breeze"). Sarcastically, Albert had a poster for a
traveling Christian singing group in his room. As an
extension of experimental mindfulness, we sought to embrace
the music as our own. The traveling Christian group (which
had a name far less catchy), was advertised to soon perform
at "The Perry Bible Fellowship.
SS - What are some of your favorite comics?
NG - Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side,
sometimes the work of
B. Kliban.
Check out more of Nicholas Gurewitch's insanely funny comic
The Perry Bible Fellowship at
http://cheston.com/pbf/archive.html
and thepbf.com.
Now if you will forgive me, it's time for Weeaboo. Weeaboo!
Weeaboo!
Check out the more of Ed's stuff at
www.sob-story.com,
www.fizzfilms.com
and
www.crowncommission.com.
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