Big Fucking Deal #1(January 2007)
"Big Fucking Deal is one month in the life of Marc Parker. Beginning on New Year's Day 2007, every entry includes a brief outline of the day's events and is accompanied by a drawing. A visual journal, if you will. The cover instantly grabbed me: light blue with large, typewritten letters laying over the photocopied skeleton of a coiled notebook—various other bits are glued on as icing. It looks loud; it looks obnoxious; it looks controversial. And it's not. If anything, I should have heeded the title as a fair warning. The zine reads like the diary of a gradeschooler whose [sic] experiencing puppy love for the first time. Really, the entire thing is an ode to his girlfriend and while there's nothing wrong with that, is it necessary? Do I really want to fork over three bucks to read about this guy's girlie infatuation when I could just as easily throw on a Dallas Green record? Save your scissors, Marc. And your photocopying privileges." – Amy Greenwood, Broken Pencil
Big Fucking Deal #2(February 2007)
"These two-page-a-day diary comix of Marc's life in Portland are written with the straightforward simplicity of a checklist. He mostly focuses on relationships with his friends, students (he teaches zines!), and his girlfriend. All of their facial expressions seem rather anxious. Perhaps it's the mounting tension of the Super Scrabble Stand-Off! Quote: 'If the me of five years ago, going to college in Oklahoma, had seen today, I would've crapped my pants in delight.'" – Jaina Bee, Zine World
Big Fucking Deal #3(March 2007)
"A charming comic diary zine in the vein of Clutch and Snakepit. Marc has a good sense of narrative, so the zine reads like a story instead of, you know, someone's boring-ass diary. It's funny and sad and smart—all the things good writing should be. The last eight pages of the zine contain a short story called 'The Found Artist', which is an excellent piece. Color me impressed." &ndash Paul Curran, Maximumrocknroll
"Marc, I like your comic. I don't know why but I do. See, usually the personal biography comics drag me down, but maybe it's the McGyverish way you use food stamps, copy machines, and an Indian clinic to carry on your life's plan that's cool. I also like all the bike riding he does. I mean, fifty miles to an eye exam. More green power to ya! I love the fact that this guy is living a productive, happy life without all the comforts the rest of us schmucks use. Three dollars is a small price to pay to read these exploits." – Gary Hornberger, Razorcake
