Title: Scrub that
Product review: I like Joe Daly's work but "Scrublands" is probably his weakest book. It contains very short strips about sexually shaped sculptures or sexually shaped vegetables, some weird stoner humour, and some avant-garde nonsense. Most of the characters look disturbing and monstrous-like as if they were characters from an old MAD magazine strip. The book contains few strips worth remembering though his distinctive drawing style becomes quite likeable after a while, and I can highly recommend his other books, "Red Monkey Double Happiness" (a kind of South African stoner Tintin adventure, very fun read with lots of excellent artwork, this time in colour), and the "Dungeon Quest" series which is a parody of the old board game "Dungeons and Dragons" in comic book form. "Scrublands" is a weak introduction to this great comic book artist and would only appeal to fans of the previous books (like me) looking for more of the same - and not finding it here.
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