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Box Office Poison #1, part 1

Fracasso de Público: Heróis Mascarados e Amigos Encrencados

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Fracasso de Público: Heróis Mascarados e Amigos Encrencados

Humor, drama e o lado sombrio da Indústria dos Quadrinhos numa obra vencedora do Prêmio Eisner, o Oscar das HQs, e do prestigiado Grand Prix no Festival de Angoulême, o mais importante do gênero na França.

Histórias em quadrinhos, alguns bons amigos, um pouco de romance, muito humor e uma pitada de drama. Tudo isso faz parte do dia-a-dia de Sherman, Ed, Stephen e Jane, quatro jovens que moram - e tentam sobreviver - em um dos lugares mais assustadores do mundo: a cidade de Nova York

Sherman é um atendente de livraria que terminou um relacionamento há pouco tempo e aluga um quarto na casa de um simpático casal: Stephen, um professor universitário boa-praça, e Jane, um elétrica quadrinista que acaba de ser contratada para produzir uma graphic novel sobre a famosa feminista Emma Goldman. Por coincidência, Ed, o melhor amigo de Sherman, também é um quadrinista amador que sonha em trabalhar para a Zoom Comics, a maior editora de quadrinhos do mundo. Porém, a única coisa que Ed consegue é emprego como assistente de Irving Flavor, um septuagenário e mal-humorado profissional dos quadrinhos que nos anos 40 criou o Nightstalker, o mais famoso super-herói do mundo, mas hoje vive na miséria depois que a Zoom roubou seu personagem descaradamente. E a história secreta de Flavor, que confunde-se com as próprias origens da indústria dos quadrinhos, revela-se uma das narrativas mais emocionantes e memoráveis das HQs modernas.

Mostrando seus personagens em meio a empregos ruins, namoros fracassados, o mundo da cultura pop, a vida insana em uma grande metrópole e o lado sombrio do mundo dos quadrinhos, Fracasso de Público (Box Office Poison, no original) tornou-se uma das séries do quadrinhos independentes mais aclamadas nos Estados Unidos e na Europa, colecionando vários prêmios (como o Eisner e o Gran Prix no Festival de Angôuleme, entre outros) e inúmeros elogios da crítica e do público.

Agora a Gal Editora orgulha-se em trazer ao Brasil o primeiro volume desta série que já conquistou o mundo!

240 pages, Paperback

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About the author

Alex Robinson

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Alex Robinson was born in the Bronx on 8 August. He grew up in Yorktown Heights, New York where he graduated high school in 1987. His first job upon graduation was washing dishes in a gourmet deli and it was while working there he decided that maybe college was a pretty good idea afterall.

He spent one year at SUNY Brockport and then transferred to an art school in New York City, where he majored in cartooning. Among his teachers were Will Eisner, Andre LeBlanc, Sal Amendola and Gahan Wilson. In his sophomore year he got a job at a bookstore, where he continued to work for seven long years.

After graduating from art school, Alex began doing mini comics (small print run comics xeroxed and stapled by himself). He soon started working on the story that would become his first graphic novel, Box Office Poison.

In 1996, Antarctic Press started publishing the serialized version of Box Office Poison. The series ran for twenty-one issues, and once the story was complete, Top Shelf Productions published the entire thing in one 608 page book. Shortly after the book was published, Alex won the Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition.

Although Box Office Poison was nominated for several awards (a Harvey, an Eisner, an Ignatz and the Firecracker book award) it failed to take home a single prize. Pathetic. Alex bitterly got to work on a second book.

2005 got off to a great start when the French translation of Box Office Poison won the prestigious Prix du Premier Album award in Angouleme, France. August finally saw the release of Tricked, which Top Shelf announced was going to a second printing in November.

In 2006, Tricked lost the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Novel, but managed to win a Harvey and Ignatz Award. This year also so Astiberri in Spain release both of his graphic novels in handsome, one volume editions.

Alex has expanded his storytelling to include fantasy, with the release of Alex Robinson's LOWER REGIONS (2007) and time travel/high school in TOO COOL TO BE FORGOTTEN (2008).

He currently lives in New York City with his wife Kristen and their pets, Krimpet and Wrigley.

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Suficientemente divertido para querermos continuar a ler o segundo volume...
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