Who's Gonna Empty the Catbox???

Who else to drag me out of my lackadaisical art book reviewing habits and lift the bleak bloggers-block the has befallen this once great website but the royal couple of independent art publishing: Mel Kadel and Travis Millard? 

A new zine from either one of this pair would be enough to get the juices flowing, but when they collaborate on a project together, you best be there or be square.

Who's Gonna Empty The Catbox??? delivers the goods. 56 pages of quality drawings with many double-page spreads. Some art is from Travis (lots of smoke, hair, and grotesquery), some is from Mel (defiant ladies in their striped and textured environments). A couple of photos of the artists so you can get to know them a little better are in there as well, along with some scribbled musing from the waiting room.

But the real tasty treats are when Mook and Fudge (I know them so I can call them that) combine forces to construct gorgeous illustrated interactions. These people can draw, and they're creative, plus they have a sense of humor so you can actually have fun while looking at art.

The zine is mostly black and white, but there are some awesome color inserts, and the cover is a 2-color serigraph. 5.5 x 8.5". Although hand-made and hand numbered (edition of 220), the quality of this and all Millard/Kadel productions will make the rest of the zines in your collection want to burn themselves in shame.

Spoiler Alert: There doesn't seem to be any actual images of the titular catbox in this book.

You can order this and other great items direct from the Fudge Factory (real mature URL, Travis) here: www.fudgefactorycomics.com/. $15. Tell them RoMo sent you and you may get free stickers, no promises.