The Perry Bible Fellowship
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The Perry Bible Fellowship (PBF for short) is a webcomic by Nicholas Gurewitch. It originated in the Syracuse University newspaper The Daily Orange. The comics are usually three or four panels long, and are generally characterized by the juxtaposition of childlike imagery or fantasy with extremely morbid humor. Its humor is mainly absurdist. Featured themes include religion, sexuality, war, science fiction, suicide, and death.
Despite the potentially offensive content in many strips, the comic rarely receives complaints, or its author hate-mail. Nicholas Gurewitch attributes this to people who dislike the comic not wishing to share their feelings with him.Tim Dowling. "["Welcome to the Fellowship]". The Guardian, September 30, 2005.
PBF uses varying artistic styles. While some comics may feature simplistic human figures with little more than a mouth and eyes for a face, the next may be a gorgeously coloured and meticulously detailed strip. Sometimes, the artistic style changes within the strip itself. A recurring feature of the strip is human figures that are drawn with some detail and realism, other than the heads which are reminiscent of smiley faces. In a strip parodying Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the comic's artwork resembled that of Quentin Blake[link], while another strip was a take-off on the macabre crosshatch style of Edward Gorey[link]. Another strip was created in a "sprite comic"-style, using (edited) graphics from NES video game Punch-Out!! [link]
PBF is updated only once per week (originally on Sundays to correspond with its Biblical title, but now more often on Tuesdays), and has a devoted following. It appears in around a dozen newspapers, including the New York Press, and The Guardian. PBF also appears in Maxim magazine. One of its comics, [Weeaboo] inspired a meme on the online imageboard 4chan.
The website itself is currently being moved to a new server due to the increasing popularity of the comic strip, a temporary backup may be accessed at [link] (26/05/06).
New Book
In response to questions as to why he has shortened the archive, Gurewitch has hinted that there will be a Perry Bible Fellowship book to come out soon. Little else is known regarding the publication.In addition, material from The Perry Bible Fellowship was included in Ted Rall's , along with other webcomics such as Cat and Girl, Dinosaur Comics, Diesel Sweeties, and Fetus-X.
References
External links
- [Perry Bible Fellowship comic archive]
- ["Comic Genesis: Perry Bible Fellowship's Nicholas Gurewitch shares his sinister side"] by Susan Herma, Rochester City Newspaper, July 6, 2005
- [Interview] at Brian M. Palmer
- [Cue & Ehh?] at Shuffle, April 3, 2006
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