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''Migraine Boy'' is a comic strip created by cartoonist Greg Fiering, which has been published in several mainstream printed media and TV. Usually presented in black and white six-panel strips, the comic is set in a typical American suburban neighbourhood backyard, and deals with a bad-tempered kid suffering from chronic migraine, and his interaction with his neighbour who constantly approaches him trying to befriend him. The stories have a grim, sometimes absurd or surreal sense of humor, and often end up with Migraine Boy reacting violently to the irritation produced by his neighbour. ==History== The comic strip made its first appearance in 1992 in the Seattle-based Hype magazine.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Migraine Boy )〕 Over the course of the years, it was also published in other printed media, such as the Spy magazine, Flagpole Magazine, the Village Voice, UTNE Reader, The Baffler, Rolling Stone, and Entertainment Weekly. In 1994, the US rock band R.E.M. chose Fiering to create the album cover for their album titled "Monster", after lead singer Michael Stipe saw ''Migraine Boy'' in the ''Flagpole'' magazine. This ultimately resulted in ''Flagpole'' introducing Stipe and Fiering to each other, and ''Migraine Boy'' being featured in the album's inside booklet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The R.E.M. Archive Database » Interview with Michael Stipe )〕 A year later, in 1995 a 64-page book, called "Migraine Boy's Fairweather Friends" (ISBN 9780312143695), was published in the US by St. Martin's Griffin, featuring an introductory text written by Stipe. In 1996, animation studio GreenHead Media produced a series of twelve thirty-second short clips for MTV, animated by James Dean Conklin, which were aired as fillers over the duration of that year.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=James Dean Conklin portfolio at GreenHead Media )〕 Later, in year 2000, a second book, titled "I Don't Love You!: The Best of Migraine Boy" (ISBN 9780943151915) was published by Slave Labor Graphics. In 2001, Fiering and Conklin independently produced an animated short film called "Migraine Boy: The Bet", technically superior to those aired on MTV, which featured colored 3D graphics.〔〔(Migraine Boy: The Bet ) at YouTube Since June 2010, Fiering has been posting new Migraine Boy comics (on the official Migraine Boy and Pals website ). 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Migraine Boy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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