Pete Sickman-Garner
Pete Sickman-Garner was born into a closed religious community in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He and his older sister were raised by missionary parents dedicated to bringing word of the one true G-D to the darkest corners of the globe. A brief affair with his animist nanny forced a family rift (they were later reconciled in a ceremony televised nationally on the 700 Club) and he spent his teenage years in Lusaka, Zambia waiting tables by day and soaking up the rich, cultural heritage in the bars and cafes at night. He made his way to Kuwait in 1991 and, hopping a ride with the 82nd Airborne, he returned to the States to begin a life of cartooning and scrimshaw just as the first Gulf War was coming to an end. While scrimshaw pays the bills, drawing comics will always be his first love. [Editor's Note -- And we all eagerly await the next installment of Hey, Mister.]
Reviews & Interviews
Hey, Mister #1: Birth of the Cruel
"I laughed so hard at HEY MISTER! that about two drops of pee came out." -- Matt Fraction, author of Invincible Iron Man, Hawkeye, and Casanova.
Behold the triumphant return of what Details Magazine called "America’s funniest comic book"! This Eisner-nominated series series is not only …
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Hey, Mister #3
Details Magazine calls HEY, MISTER "America's funniest comic book." Join Pete's hilarious cast of misfits, Young Tim, Mister, and Aunt Mary, as they get drunk, party naked, and dissect everything sacred in Western civilization with their razor-edged and sardonic philosophies. Witness through our …
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Hey, Mister #4
Details Magazine calls HEY, MISTER "America's funniest comic book." Join Pete's hilarious cast of misfits, Young Tim, Mister, and Aunt Mary, as they get drunk, party naked, and dissect everything sacred in Western civilization with their razor-edged and sardonic philosophies. Witness through our …
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Hey, Mister #5: Behind the Green Door
Details Magazine calls HEY, MISTER "America's funniest comic book." Join Pete's hilarious cast of misfits, Young Tim, Mister, and Aunt Mary, as they get drunk, party naked, and dissect everything sacred in Western civilization with their razor-edged and sardonic philosophies. Witness through our …
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Hey, Mister #6: The Trouble with Jesus
Details Magazine calls HEY, MISTER "America's funniest comic book." Join Pete's hilarious cast of misfits, Young Tim, Mister, and Aunt Mary, as they get drunk, party naked, and dissect everything sacred in Western civilization with their razor-edged and sardonic philosophies. Witness through our …
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Hey, Mister #7: Eyes on the Prize
Details Magazine calls HEY, MISTER "America's funniest comic book." Join Pete's hilarious cast of misfits, Young Tim, Mister, and Aunt Mary, as they get drunk, party naked, and dissect everything sacred in Western civilization with their razor-edged and sardonic philosophies. Witness through our …
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Hey, Mister (Vol 1): After School Special
"America's funniest comic book." -- Gavin Edwards, Details
This amazing edition collects the original five, self-published Hey, Mister mini-comics. With all the disturbing pathos and blow-milk-through-your-nose comedy we've come to expect, this cool compendium is guaranteed to give you the …
Hey, Mister (Vol 2): Celebrity Roast
"Sickman-Garner’s best work shows a complexity of vision and cartooning talent that make him eminently watchable; qualities which belie the seeming hopelessness of his work. Like Shannon Wheeler, he manages to wrench some telling humor from a seemingly inauspicious vehicle." -- The Comics …
Hey, Mister (Vol 3): The Fall Collection
"Funny, wacky, compelling, and best of all, surreal. Leave it to Top Shelf to find an artist like Pete and to put his stuff together in such a nice, neat package." -- Factsheet 5
"Hey, Mister comics are laugh-out-loud, tears-rolling-down-your-face funny." -- Karon Flage, Sequential …
Hey, Mister: Come Hell or Highwater Pants
“Hey, Mister is bleakly, existentially funny in the most dissipated deadpan manner possible.” -- AV Club, "The Best Comics of 2014"
Meet Satan. After eons of ruling the underworld, he’s sad as Hell and can’t take it anymore. So why not skip town and check out “the air up there”? He …
