Even the concept of it is funny. See, there's this carton of milk and this wedge of cheese....they're all sorts of pissed off and hostile, you know, running around and drinking gin and beating people with baseball bats. Now THAT is funny.

`Twas my man Bill who introduced me to the whirlwind of harm that is Milk & Cheese. (All hail Mr. Kellum for his wisdom.) I was hooked as soon as I saw the cover of the fourth issue...Milk brandishing a broken gin bottle, Cheese at his side with a wide-mouthed expression of hurtful intent, both bursting forth with a pronouncement.....Onward! To Mayhem!

Oh it just doesn't get much better than that, ladiesfish and gentlemen. There's beer and TV, malice and misanthropy, more beer and some liquor, widespread pummeling and righteous slaughter.....you get the idea. Praise be to Mr. Evan Dorkin, genius and madman behind this dandy little comic book. Mr. Evan has seen fit to let these angry foodstuffs maim their way through seven lovely issues so far, plus there's a "special edition" thingy as well as a small selection of related merchandise featuring everyone's favorite lactose intolerants.

Each glorious book is a collection short strips that lead these destructive dairy dipsomaniacs through a variety of amusing adventures, from their (justifiable) quest to destroy all stand-up comedians to their spirited game of no-talent celebrity stalking. The book makes much fun of itself and is well aware of the mild recylcing of plots and situations within the somewhat limited premise. But hey, when Cheese wields that board with a nail in the end, and when Milk selects a tool from his Box of Revenge...well, you never really get tired of that sort of thing.

I thought for a brief moment about putting some Milk & Cheese stuff up here, but that seemed like an awful lot of work for someone as inherently lazy as I am, and really, whatever I could do here would only be repetition of stuff that is already out there on the `net. I therefore direct thee to the following places, where hate is plentiful and violence is the only currency that is grudgingly accepted.

First check out the House of Fun, the official online residence of Milk & Cheese as well as Dork! (another Evan creation and home of the Murder Family) and other assorted oddities. There's plenty of mayhem and malevolence there...sample strips and cover art and all that kind of thing. Ahhh, I know that the house LOOKS happy, but fun is a relative term and sometimes it hurts like hell. Go there or I shall harm you.

And while thou art in a violent mood, also cruise over to Dave Wagner's coooooool fan page, a celebration of the miracle of Milk & Cheese. There's a small strip archive, some current news, and various and sundry other items related to the irate dairy duo. A well-done tribute and very much worth a visit. Click right here to go to the land of spiteful lactose.

Finally, if you just can't wait another second to get yer hands on some of this stuff, cruise over to Slave Labor Graphics and order the stuff directly from the publisher. Here you'll also find Milk & Cheese T-shirts and trading cards and that kinda crap.

NOTE:
Images, logo, and pretty much everything
having to do with Milk & Cheese are copyright by Evan Dorkin.
So there.

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