Adam and Eve

Here's another one that Devin made for the MSU student newspaper The Exponent, but was probably never used. That serpent was dishing up something that was maybe a little more radical than the typical college newspaper because in those days we were doing some parody issues and including things like Devin's comix. Adam and Eve don't know what is about to hit them.

Even John Doesn't Know What It Is

Here I am looking quite confused at something that Devin has put in my way. Confusion is central in Devin's work, and this glob of lines and shading and squiggles that might be Death moving a chair or might be a maze that confused itself into surrender is certainly a significant object of confusion.

Dead Pigs Always Have an Inferiority Complex

This is from a letter that I got from Devin and time has thinned the paper so the specter of the 'Vert from the other side has shown through this strange comic of a dead pig able to say that it has an inferiority complex and an octopus with a new beehive-like hairdo. The face of the 'Vert seems to be rising out of the hairdo nearly reaching to the dead pig as if it were all planned that way.

Big Lips

Here's a back to school special. Just a little celebration of Big Lips! This was a piece of clip-art that Devin made for the Exponent "All Lips Issue," a parody issue that we made when the editor and new editor were away at a conference back in 1985, I think. The all lips issue was, of course, inspired and master-minded by Devin.

Phillis and Howard drink beer in outer space

There is something cross like about the stars in this outer space epic where Phillis and Howard drink beer non-chalantly in zero gravity. Mundane activities in non-traditional settings, that is one of the hallmarks of Devin's work. And maybe growing up in the space age made it all seem to possible.

I'm Going to Call the Editor

While we are on crucifixion comics, here's another one, from the Bozeman years. It was drawn on a note that a friend had written to me in pencil, which was on the back of a schedule of films, which explains the other faint text on it. It is like if there was even a semi-empty piece of paper, Devin had to draw a comic on it.

Comfy Crucy

This is one that really needs no comment. It was in a letter Devin sent to me and there was some water damage so you can see the other side of the paper in some spots. "Crucifixion doesn't have to be a bummer any more." I especially like the reading lamp.