"In a culture full of sick, twisted, perverted art,
RED MEAT is up there at the top--it's that good."
--Matt Groening, LIFE IN HELL
"RED MEAT doesn't merely challenge politically correct
taboos and sacred cows--it happily ignores them. It
inhabits that place where compelling comics always
dwell--its own private universe, operating by its own
demented rules."
--Bill Griffith, ZIPPY THE PINHEAD
"Unlike the vast majority of cartoons in America, RED MEAT
makes me sick in a GOOD way."
--Dan Piraro, BIZARRO
"RED MEAT is more than a comic strip. It is one of those rare
artistic triumphs, in which a creator's vision seems to arrive
fully realized and utterly self-contained, like a message in a
bottle from some disturbing universe. It holds the terrible
fascination of the dissection table, or of a roadside car wreck
glimpsed out of the corner of your eye--exept it's funnier. Max
Cannon has an undeniable genius--just don't tell him where I
live, OK?"
--Tom Tomorrow, THIS MODERN WORLD
"Not only does RED MEAT push the taste barrier, but it's possibly
the only comic strip in America that uses a chainsaw to tickle
your funny bone."
--Erwin B. Wallace, "THE MYSTERIOUS MR. WALLY"
"... The [Onion's] cartoons are forgettable, with the exception of 'RED MEAT,' by Max Cannon, who dances a twisted lambada of his own devising..."
--Review of The Onion website,
The New Yorker, July 15, 1996
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