Unemployed Man official website
Jason Arthur pointed out that this site exists, and it looks excellent! The panel on the front page is from the Golden Age section.
The preview is from Clem’s section, btw. Nice choice for the site.
August 2010 Previews: Adventures of Unemployed Man
Just saw this on DCBS‘s site in the Other Comics section:
Little, Brown & Company
THE ADVENTURES OF UNEMPLOYED MAN GN (C: 0-1-2)
(W) Erich Origen, Gan Golan (A) Various In this hilarious, poignant, and action-packed story, Unemployed Man and his sidekick, Plan B, team up with other down-but-not-out superheroes as they search for work and battle such dastardly villains as The Human Resource, Toxic Debt Blob, and The Invisible Hand. A rich parody of superhero comics, this brilliantly colorful book is as funny as it is timely. It features art by comics legends Ramona Fradon, Rick Veitch, Michael Netzer, Benton Jew, Josef Rubinstein, Terry Beatty, Clem Robins, and Lee Loughridge.
Product Code: AUG101075
Your Price: $10.49
Regular Price: $14.99
Discount: 30%
Clem asked a few fellow letterers if they could help him tackle the book, and Tom Orzechowski and I got the gig. This book is divided into four sections, and I lettered the first two, Clem did section 3, and Tom did section 4 and a number of origins pages in section 2.
The book’s turned out great, and I got to flex my stylistic muscles on it. The first section is done in a Golden Age lettering style a la Ira Schnapp, and the second section goes from the early Silver Age (Schnapp) up to early 1960s Marvel style lettering. It’s the first book where I did the balloons fully freehand, and it’s been so much fun that I’m currently training to move completely to this way of lettering.
This book is a really nice parody not just of superhero comics, but of current politics and the economy. If you’re so inclined, please check it out.