Raisin Pie


Raisin Pie is an American alternative comics series by husband-and-wife duo Rick Altergott and Ariel Bordeaux. Fantagraphics, which marketed the series as "gosh-darned good comics by the domesticated duo of ... Bordeaux Altergott", published five issues of the series between October 2002 and July 2007. The series was nominated for a Harvey Award for Best New Comic of 2002.

Overview

Like the Hernandez brothers' Love and Rockets, Altergott and Bordeaux essentially split the book, each doing their own ongoing storylines. Altergott's "Blessed Be" storyline featured his long-running character Doofus and a drug dealer "trying to get back at the judge who sent him to jail", while Bordeaux's "Maple Valley Public Library" was "the story of an irate woman who's trying to get a book banned and the woman who has to deal with her."
AtomicAvenue.com characterized the series this way:

Issues

  1. – series begins with "Starting Over", jointly written and illustrated by Altergott and Bordeaux. Also includes the stories "Blessed Be Part 1", by Altergott, and "Maple Valley Public Library", by Bordeaux.
  2. – Altergott continues with "Blessed Be" as well as a profile of pornographic film actor John Holmes by Altergott; Bordeaux continues with the "Maple Valley Public Library" storyline, as well as a new story, "Queen of the Geeks". Cover by Altergott.
  3. – features "Blessed Be" part three and "Maple Valley Public Library" part three. Painted cover by Bordeaux.
  4. – Continuation of Altergott's "Blessed Be" storyline. Cover by Altergott
  5. – cover by Altergott, featuring his character Doofus