New book from Reid Muoio

 DC cartoonist-for-fun Reid Muoio has a new book out, which a note at the end says, "The careful reader will have noticed this comic was written and drawn drunk years ago when the author like his protagonist was a young man in search of the meaning of life itself!"

I assume that he's still self-distributing via muoiocomix@gmail.com

 Copies are being sent to the comics collections at LoC, OSU and MSU.

Reid Muoio's Stag, his second pandemic-time comic, is out

I last talked to Reid Muoio in September of 2020, but yesterday the mailman brought copies of his new comic book. I reached out to him to ask about it, and he says, “stag” is the second of three comics I am self publishing during the pandemic. The first was “a d.c. punk” (2020) — simple remembrances from the old punk rock days. The second is “stag” (2021) — a love story in three parts: boy alone, boy meets girl, boy alone again. With luck the third will be “squirt” (2022) — a coming of age story set in the pleistocene age. Am about to send that one to the printer. All are 8 1/2” x 11”, 20 pages including front and back covers, black and white, except for two color pages in “stag.” I am partially colorblind. Might do something crazy for the cover of “squirt.” Am giving away approximately 200 copies of each and hope to somehow sell the remaining 300 at $10 to cover printing costs. My email address is muoiocomix@gmail.com .

Front cover of Stag

Page from Stag

 

Reid provided me with extra copies which will be going to the comics libraries in LoC, MSU, and OSU.

 

Page from Squirt

Meet a Local Punk Cartoonist: A Quick Chat with Reid Muoio

My daughter shaving my hair old school punk style

 

 

by Mike Rhode

A few weeks ago I got a text saying that a local cartoonist was doing a punk rock comic that he was giving away. I sent a note to the email, and entered into an amusing exchange with Reid Muoio, arguing over who was going to do the work in typing answers to my standard interview questions. As you can see, we both won. Or lost. Without further explanation, here's his answers.

What type of comic work or cartooning do you do?

Through friends I found a graphic designer and self-published “a d.c. punk” during the pandemic.   Going through the boxes now with a view towards getting out another one or two.  Think the next will be called “stag.”

How do you do it? Traditional pen and ink, computer or a combination?

I have been writing and drawing comics my whole life.  Throwing them in a box. Simple remembrances. 

Why are you in Washington now?  What neighborhood or area do you live in?

My parents moved their young family to DC in the wake of the race riots because housing was cheap.  I live in that house now. Pretty close to Comet Pizza. Neighbors are old as balls. One hobbled over the other day and waved his cane at me while I jammed outside with a friend. He’s a nice guy. We were drunk.  

Front cover, page, and back cover from "a d.c. punk."

What is your training and/or education in cartooning?

No formal training.  Can’t imagine life without art.

The DC Conspiracy is a group of part-time local cartoonists, one of whom, Evan Keeling, does comics about the punk scene. 

I am heartened to know there is a D.C. comic community. Maybe I’ll get to know some of you. Does anyone sing? Band could use a singer. And its not punk.  Just about everything else.      

Do you have a website or blog?

 

Don’t have a website. Don’t understand the commerce of comix. Does not appear to be any money in it. Draw what you love.    

How does one get a copy of "a d.c. punk" then?

Right now I’m giving “a d.c. punk” away to anyone who emails me at muoiocomix@gmail.com.  

a page from Stag