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Why Am I Such A Wanker?


‘I can only dance to one song – “There She Goes” – and only in the bathroom. I don’t even need a record player. Sometimes I can just shut my eyes and HEAR it. Guitars like church bells. And then the drums start. And the singing comes in and I want to cry. And I’m going to die. I’m going to die tommorrow. I’m going to die and I don’t care. I’M GOING TO DIE! You know what they say – You’re only young once. And that was it.’

Why Am I Such A Wanker?

This entry was posted on Thursday, September 26th, 2002 at 9:01 am and is filed under Comics, Grant Morrison.

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8 Comments

Isn’t that Winchester High Street?

[posted by jpb at 4:04pm on Sep 26 2002]

Yes it is.

[posted by darren at 6:28pm on Sep 26 2002]

no this is the funniest panel.
http://members.tripod.com/LowestComicD/GOOFYPICS/dynamic_duo.jpg

[posted by al at 6:36pm on Sep 26 2002]

I was living in Winchester when it came out – we used to do the St Swithins Day tour, going to the cafe, sitting against a gravestone, asking why we were wankers…

[posted by Pete at 1:31am on Sep 27 2002]

Certainly, one of Grant’s best comics.

[posted by Martin at 2:11am on Sep 27 2002]

It is a really good panel, but at the same time it’s a recurring theme of a lot of (auto)bio comics, especially those from the mid-80s. The unusual thing about this particular panel is that he’s facing away from the reader, rather than facing or addressing the reader directly.

All this puts me in mind of an American zine called The Long Walk Nowhere, which I think is really rather good. It has a fantastic extended sequence where the author walks around his home town (to which he has reluctantly returned) in the middle of the night. It’s top.

[posted by Jez at 1:07pm on Sep 27 2002]

If this is the comic Jez is on about: http://www.opticalsloth.com/authors/al_burian.htm
I think I’ve got it somewhere. Have to dig it out.

Also, a review of it here: http://www.invisible-city.com/zines/reviews1299.htm#longw

[posted by Pete at 5:12pm on Sep 27 2002]

It is the very one. Dig it out now Pete, and basking in its comicy wonderfulness.

[posted by Jez at 6:44pm on Sep 27 2002]

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