“Plastic Farm is a strange and unnerving comic book. Like photographs documenting a bear mauling or shark attack, it is physically uncomfortable to read and nearly impossible to put down…Rafer Roberts is scary and brilliant.”
-Punk Planet on issues #6-8
***Click here to start reading Plastic Farm from the beginning***
Written and (mostly) drawn by RaferRoberts, Plastic Farm follows the life of a man named Chester and his slow descent into complete insanity and chronicles how that madness reshapes the world around him. Chester has had a rough childhood, has a magic cowboy that rides a dinosaur living inside of his head, and is now, late in life, sitting in a nameless airport bar during a blizzard telling his life story to a group of people who really couldn’t care less.
The first story arc “Sowing Seeds on Fertile Soil” encompasses the first twelve issues, and introduces nearly every major character that will appear in this projected 40-50 issue series. These twelve issues are available to purchase at finer comic shops around the world, or through the official Plastic Farm website. A big fat collection of these issues is also available for purchase here.
There will be three major arcs in Plastic Farm, two in-between issues, a prologue and an epilogue. The second story arc begins in issue thirteen and is entitled “Seasons of Growth in the Fields of Despair”.
Plastic Farm began as a series of tabloid-sized minicomics back in the year 2000. Four issues came out in that format before I decided to try publishing the book in a standard format.
Questions? Comments? Email me at rafer@plasticfarm.com
Retailers interested in carrying PLASTIC FARM comics, please contact our sales rep, Tony Shenton: shenton4sales@aol.com
Rafer Roberts. Creator, Artist, Writer:
Born 1976.
email - rafer@plasticfarm.com
Selected bibliography:
2008-
Plastic Farm: Fertilizer - an interlude in three aprils (writer/artist) AVAILABLE NOW
Plastic Farm: Sowing Seeds on Fertile Soil TPB collection (writer/artist) AVAILABLE NOW
2007-
MISHIT - a collection of the non-plastic comics I’ve done over the years (writer/artist) AVAILABLE NOW.
2006-
Plastic Farm Twelve (writer/artist)
2005-
Plastic Farm Eight (writer/artist)
Plastic Farm Nine (writer/co-artist with Wendi Strang-Frost)
Plastic Farm Ten (writer)
Plastic Farm Eleven (writer/artist)
2004-
Plastic Farm Four (writer/artist)
Plastic Farm Five (writer)
Plastic Farm Six (writer/artist)
Plastic Farm Seven (writer/artist)
Dope Fiends of the Zombie Cafe (artist, written by Sean Frost)
2003-
Plastic Farm One (writer/artist)
Plastic Farm Two (writer/artist)
Plastic Farm Three (writer)
-Reprinting digitally remastered versions of the original mini-comics
-Features cleaned up lettering and artwork, and new covers
-Added: Back up stories from various other comics creators
Attic Wit #5 - "Untitled" (writer/artist)
Almost Normal Comics and Other Oddities #1 - "Grandpaw’s Tale" (writer/artist)
Austistic Eye
-Limited run zine featuring sketches and unfinished artwork from various creators. (writer/artist)
UFO Annual 2003 - "Dr. John Watson Vs. Little Albert" (writer/artist)
2001-2002
Plastic Farm 1 - 4 (Tabloid-sized mini comics.) (writer/artist)
Other Stuff
-A mini-comic collection of the Dr. Watson story, and a few Fubar strips (writer/artist)
1996-1998
Fubar. (writer/artist)
-A comic strip from Clemson University’s newspaper, The Tiger
Fubar, Welcome to the Weinermobile. (writer/artist)
-A collection of most of the Fubar strips. If you can find one, I will buy it from you.
1993-1995
Duck! #1-3 (writer/artist)
-Issues 1 and 2 were printed on the Rumson-Fair Haven High School’s Chief 17 Duplicator
-Issue Three was photocopied on 8.5×11" paper and stapled at the spine
Untold Tales of Duck! (writer/artist)
-fifty or so single sheets of letter paper, one sold per week, mostly detailing events prior to Duck! #1
Danielle Corsetto (artist for Plastic Farm Eleven)
biographical information to come
Dennis Culver (artist for Plastic Farm Ten)
biographical information to come
Wendi Strang-Frost (artist for Plastic Farm Nine)
biographical information to come
Jake Warrenfeltz, Artist
(Plastic Farm Three, Five and Seven)
A giant among men. Literally.
