Milk & Cheese
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Fun with Milk & Cheese is a comic book
by Evan Dorkin
and was published by Slave Labor Graphics
. It follows the (mis)adventures of an anthropomorphic, misanthropic carton of milk
and a wedge of cheese
. The eponymous "dairy products gone bad" tend to drink copious quantities of gin
and become embroiled in unbelievably violent situations.
Cheese began as an in-joke involving two friends of Dorkin who were sometimes called the "cheesy" Garcia sisters. He continued drawing little cheeses that would eventually become "Cheese," on cocktail napkins at clubs during the mid to late 1980s. One night, at a restaurant, Dorkin scribbled a little Milk character next to the cheese drawing, with the pair hitchhiking and holding beers in their hands. Dorkin continued to sketch the two characters at conventions until Kurt Sayenga of the now defunct Greed Magazine
saw them at a San Diego comic book convention and offered Evan a spot for a Milk & Cheese strip in the magazine. The strip ran in the final issue of Greed, published in 1988. Several more strips were printed in various comic books and magazines before Slave Labor Graphics
collected them and published Milk & Cheese number one. Since that time the company has published six more comic books featuring the characters. Several issues of the title were numbered as number one issues, making fun of the practice of buying comic books as an investment instead of as entertainment. In 2011, Dark Horse Comics
will release a hardcover collection containing nearly every strip featuring the characters from 1989 to 2010.
Dorkin has turned down several offers to turn Milk & Cheese into an animated series or a movie, feeling that the characters would not translate well to the small or large screen. Merchandise such as magnets, Zippo
lighters and lunchboxes have been produced though, and vinyl action figures of the pair are currently in production.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
by Evan Dorkin
Evan Dorkin
Evan Dorkin is an American comics artist and writer. His best known works are the comic books Milk and Cheese and Dork...
and was published by Slave Labor Graphics
Slave Labor Graphics
Slave Labor Graphics is an independent American comic book publisher, well-known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics.-Company history:...
. It follows the (mis)adventures of an anthropomorphic, misanthropic carton of milk
Milk
Milk is a white liquid produced by the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for young mammals before they are able to digest other types of food. Early-lactation milk contains colostrum, which carries the mother's antibodies to the baby and can reduce the risk of many...
and a wedge of cheese
Cheese
Cheese is a generic term for a diverse group of milk-based food products. Cheese is produced throughout the world in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms....
. The eponymous "dairy products gone bad" tend to drink copious quantities of gin
Gin
Gin is a spirit which derives its predominant flavour from juniper berries . Although several different styles of gin have existed since its origins, it is broadly differentiated into two basic legal categories...
and become embroiled in unbelievably violent situations.
Cheese began as an in-joke involving two friends of Dorkin who were sometimes called the "cheesy" Garcia sisters. He continued drawing little cheeses that would eventually become "Cheese," on cocktail napkins at clubs during the mid to late 1980s. One night, at a restaurant, Dorkin scribbled a little Milk character next to the cheese drawing, with the pair hitchhiking and holding beers in their hands. Dorkin continued to sketch the two characters at conventions until Kurt Sayenga of the now defunct Greed Magazine
Greed Magazine
Greed Magazine was a music, comics, and culture periodical published in Washington, DC, by Kurt Sayenga from 1986 to 1989. It lasted six issues, and included interviews with such luminaries as Robyn Hitchcock, the Hernandez brothers , Sonic Youth, Bob Burden , Rites of Spring, and Chester Brown...
saw them at a San Diego comic book convention and offered Evan a spot for a Milk & Cheese strip in the magazine. The strip ran in the final issue of Greed, published in 1988. Several more strips were printed in various comic books and magazines before Slave Labor Graphics
Slave Labor Graphics
Slave Labor Graphics is an independent American comic book publisher, well-known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics.-Company history:...
collected them and published Milk & Cheese number one. Since that time the company has published six more comic books featuring the characters. Several issues of the title were numbered as number one issues, making fun of the practice of buying comic books as an investment instead of as entertainment. In 2011, Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
will release a hardcover collection containing nearly every strip featuring the characters from 1989 to 2010.
Dorkin has turned down several offers to turn Milk & Cheese into an animated series or a movie, feeling that the characters would not translate well to the small or large screen. Merchandise such as magnets, Zippo
Zippo
A Zippo lighter is a refillable, metal lighter manufactured by Zippo Manufacturing Company of Bradford, Pennsylvania, U.S. Thousands of different styles and designs have been made in the seven decades since their introduction including military ones for specific regiments.-Establishment:George G...
lighters and lunchboxes have been produced though, and vinyl action figures of the pair are currently in production.
Fun with Milk & Cheese comics
- Fun with milk & cheese #1(1991)
- Milk & Cheese's Other Number One #1 (1992)
- Milk & Cheese's Third Number One #1 (1992)
- Milk & Cheese's Fourth Number One #1 (1993)
- Milk & Cheese's First Second Issue #1 (1994)
- Milk & Cheese SixSixSix #1 (1995)
- Milk & Cheese #7 aka Milk & Cheese's Latest Thing (1997)
- Milk & Cheese: The Special Edition (1997)
- Fun With Milk & Cheese (1994 Trade Paperback reprinting the first four comic books)
- Milk & Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad (2011 Hardcover Collection)
Other appearances
- Greed Magazine #6 (1988)
- Born To Be Wild (1991)
- Munden's BarMunden's BarMunden's Bar is a fictional bar featured in the First Comics title Grimjack. It is also the title of the back-up feature that ran in the GrimJack title for most of the first 69 issues and also received two annuals of its own, each mixing new stories and reprints from Grimjack...
Annual #2 (1991) - San Diego Comic Con Comics #1 (1992)
- Deadline USA Vol. 1 #2 (1991)
- Deadline USA Vol. 1 #3 (1992)
- Deadline USA Vol. 2 #2 (1992)
- Deadline USA Vol. 2 #5 (1992)
- Deadline USA Vol. 2 #6 (1992)
- Deadline USA Vol. 2 #8 (1992)
- Slave Labor Stories #2 (1992)
- Pirate Corp$/Hectic Planet Vol. 2 #2-6 (1989-1993)
- Dork #1-3 (1993-1995)
- Dark Horse Presents #100-1 (1995)
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Holiday Spooktacular (1998) - Slave Labor Stories: Free Comic Book Day Edition (2003)
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#12-13 (2008) - Liberty Comics 2010 (2010)
- War of the Independents #1-6 (2010-2011)
External links
- Milk & Cheese: Dairy Products Gone Bad! – official site