What’s this?  You say that John “Curio Cabinet” Brodowski is still out there making comics, under the name of Ronald Dilphenstein? And not only that, he’s self-published a 5” x 8” paperback edition that runs 360 pages,  composed of twenty stories, and grouped into three parts?  Is this a dream?  Evidently, not, as we now have the book now here at Copacetic HQ!

Most of the 360 pages consist of single images, although many are made up of two to four panels.  All of the comics are (almost) entirely pantomime, so the (very) few instance of dialogue really stand out.  These comics work to depict the inner primitive that lives somewhere deep inside us all, powering atavistic drives that we struggle to outgrow and overcome… only to fail, time and time again, much to our consternation and aggravation.  

By embodying these drives in humorous cartooned narratives, Brodowski helps alleviate this inescapable condition.  The phrase, “world of pain” is fully fleshed out here, but in highly slapstick manner.  Plus, three handy How to Draw lesson!