Hey, Matt! Simon said hello. LOL.
Okay, here’s the full story behind these.
Last month, a compilation of Simon Hanselmann’s “Megg, Mogg & Owl” comics was published in Russia, so he came to visit during Boomfest in St. Petersburg, and later, Comic Con Moscow. At Boomfest, he did a short presentation and a Q&A, and then was signing the books for the rest of the day. Being the awesome guy that he is, he actually drew requests instead of just doing his signature.
Here’s how it went for me.
When I was introduced to Megg & Mogg, it instantly reminded me of Matt Furie’s Boy’s Club, which I’ve read before, and am a fan of. To me (and I mean it in a good way), both read like some kind of a weird version of a sitcom. A surreal, lazy-spirited, sometimes twisted, sometimes disgusting, but ultimately funny and uniquely charming sitcom.
So naturally, during the Q&A I wanted to know if there was any connection between the two comics and their authors.
Simon said that he knows Matt and Boy’s Club, that Matt was actually a guest artist among others in one of the comics, that he can’t wait until his characters get owned by the internet and transformed into memes like Pepe, and jokingly concluded, to quote verbatim: “...but I started Megg & Mogg BEFORE Matt did Boy’s Club, so HE ripped me off.”
So at the signing, I decided to take his joke further by asking him to sign my Boy’s Club the way you see on this photo.
He did that neat Megg & Mogg x Boys Club crossover just like I asked, too.
Fantastic. Thank you, Simon. Thank you, Matt.
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