Comic Review: Chumble Spuzz: Kill the Devil

Chumble Spuzz: Kill the Devil

Everything by: Ethan Nicolle
Cover Colors by: Katherine Garner
Published by: Slave Labor Graphics Publishing

What do you get when you take the religious spoofery of Robert Kirkman’s Battle Pope, the redneck, white-trash mockery of Eric Powell’s The Goon, and lead characters that seem like some acid-twisted versions of the sweet cartoon animals on which we grew up? Well, apparently…Chumble Spuzz.


Follow Klem and Gunther as they go to a carnival and win a pig possessed by Satan. Follow them, along with Reverend Mofo, General Woodchuck, and Kernal Corn Nut into the bowels of Hell to confront the root of all evil, Satan himself. See a zombie Colonel Sanders fight a vampire chicken! I know, I don’t have to tell you more…You want to run down to the comic shop right now and get a copy, or more likely, order a copy since you know these won’t sit on the rack for long. C’mon…I had you at “pig possessed by Satan”.




I emailed Nicolle and asked from where the title Chumble Spuzz came. He informs me that the Chumble Spuzz comes from a Calvin and Hobbes strip where Calvin responds to a test question with made up words, the last being "Chumble Spuzz".


Nicolle’s humor is wonderfully dark. You can see how good his art is in this post alone. I'm impressed with his ability to create images that are, at the same time, disgusting and funny. Reverend Mofo is a character worthy of a solo title. The scene where Gunther is “Bobbing for Bob” is hilarious! I can’t tell you everything that’s funny, because that would just ruin the experience. But I don’t have to convince you…just do the math…



Cartoon animals, carnivals, Satan, farm animals, POSSESSED farm animals (yes, there’s more than one), zombies, Colonel Sanders, vampire chickens, tanks (well, tank…did I mention that?), demons, a Baptist preacher monkey, and Jesus (who makes an appearance). That’s got to be worth the price. You'll laugh so hard, you'll crap your pants.


And just wait until July when another Chumble Spuzz hits the stands about...a guy raised by...pigeons?