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Bigg Time: A Farcical Fable of Fleeting Fame
After one of his guardian angel's malicious pranks causes Lester Bigg to see him, Lester forces his angel, Stavropolis, to actually help improve his life, sending them on a quest for fame and fortune.
128 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2002
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Ty Templeton
587 books20 followersTyrone Templeton is a Canadian comic book artist and writer who has drawn a number of mainstream titles, TV-associated titles, and his own series.
He is the brother of internet pioneer and entrepreneur Brad Templeton, and son of Canadian celebrities Charles Templeton and Sylvia Murphy. He lives in Ontario, Canada.
He is the brother of internet pioneer and entrepreneur Brad Templeton, and son of Canadian celebrities Charles Templeton and Sylvia Murphy. He lives in Ontario, Canada.
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July 18, 2017
Random adventure about a loser desperate to be famous.
A lot of funny stuff here and there.
I especially love his brother's mansion.
The driveway is so huge, it has its own Starbucks and swimming pool. Hilarious!
A lot of funny stuff here and there.
I especially love his brother's mansion.
The driveway is so huge, it has its own Starbucks and swimming pool. Hilarious!
February 26, 2020
I bet it was George Harrison at the toilet.
February 26, 2018
A little dark at times, but the satire was funny. I liked that the story tended to surprised you at times.
April 21, 2014
Bigg Time is a satirical graphic novel focused the world of modern celebrity. I'm a fan of Ty Templeton's comics and thought this 2002 series would be interesting to check out based on liking the author's previous work.
Bigg Time is a competent graphic novel which benefits immensely from Templeton's artistic flourishes. His work here puts me in mind of MAD Magazine cartoonists, with the extremity of the humor in his characters and situations. Templeton's work particularly benefits from being presented in black and white, so precise is his inking line. The author also manages to craft some nice moments over the course of several chapters with his characters - in particular, Les Bigg's final "comeuppance" has a cool symmetry to it.
Unfortunately, Bigg Time had some problems that stopped me from completely enjoying it. While Templeton's after satirizing celebrity culture, a lot of the work here feels a bit pat and... not exactly revelatory. Celebrity is an empty experience and many no-talents and hangers-on are able to climb that ladder - this is not a grand pronouncement on the author's part. I feel like Templeton's targets are relatively safe ones and it takes a lot of the potential sting out of Bigg Time.
I also though Bigg Time suffered from feeling less like a coherent graphic novel in six chapters and more like a six-issue comic series, collected. Each chapter includes enough recapping and running over similar ground to make me think that perhaps this was originally planned as a mini-series. I have no clue if that's the case or not, but the very fact that I thought about it means the structure of Bigg Time presents problems.
Bigg Time is a competent graphic novel which benefits immensely from Templeton's artistic flourishes. His work here puts me in mind of MAD Magazine cartoonists, with the extremity of the humor in his characters and situations. Templeton's work particularly benefits from being presented in black and white, so precise is his inking line. The author also manages to craft some nice moments over the course of several chapters with his characters - in particular, Les Bigg's final "comeuppance" has a cool symmetry to it.
Unfortunately, Bigg Time had some problems that stopped me from completely enjoying it. While Templeton's after satirizing celebrity culture, a lot of the work here feels a bit pat and... not exactly revelatory. Celebrity is an empty experience and many no-talents and hangers-on are able to climb that ladder - this is not a grand pronouncement on the author's part. I feel like Templeton's targets are relatively safe ones and it takes a lot of the potential sting out of Bigg Time.
I also though Bigg Time suffered from feeling less like a coherent graphic novel in six chapters and more like a six-issue comic series, collected. Each chapter includes enough recapping and running over similar ground to make me think that perhaps this was originally planned as a mini-series. I have no clue if that's the case or not, but the very fact that I thought about it means the structure of Bigg Time presents problems.
February 2, 2012
I enjoyed reading this, but I don't really have much to say about it. There are quite a few funny scenes, and I agree with the idea that fame for its own sake is pointless. The religious aspects don't really go anywhere, so this would have worked equally well with Mr Mxyzptlk (from Superman) or The Great Gazoo (from The Flintstones); if you want to read a better exploration of a similar religious idea, I strongly recommend Mike Carey's Lucifer series.
When this was published, it was significant for being TPB length without being printed in monthly installments first. Some people wondered whether this was the shape of things to come, to counter the "wait for the trade" mentality amongst comic readers. There have been a few similar projects since then, e.g. Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, but it's still fairly unusual.
When this was published, it was significant for being TPB length without being printed in monthly installments first. Some people wondered whether this was the shape of things to come, to counter the "wait for the trade" mentality amongst comic readers. There have been a few similar projects since then, e.g. Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, but it's still fairly unusual.
August 11, 2016
Despite slack pacing in places and at times sloppy artwork, this was an entertaining read, chock-full of black, coarse humour.
October 7, 2013
A fun, slightly crazy comic book with great art and some really innovative moments. I picked this up at a bargain book store and it has become one of my favourite graphic novels.
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