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Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal #4
Star Wars: Jabba The Hutt - Betrayal
Everyone hopes to get a big break someday, move up to the top seat in their line of work. But when that line of work is intergalactic crime, you've got to make your own breaks. Bib Fortuna, Jabba's loyal lieutenant, has plotted a slave revolt against the Hutt. We've seen how Jabba handles negotiations, now we'll see how he handles betrayal!
27 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1996
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About the author
Jim Woodring
172 books244 followersJim Woodring was born in Los Angeles in 1952 and enjoyed a childhood made lively by an assortment of mental an psychological quirks including paroniria, paranoia, paracusia, apparitions, hallucinations and other species of psychological and neurological malfunction among the snakes and tarantulas of the San Gabriel mountains.
He eventually grew up to bean inquisitive bearlike man who has enjoyed three exciting careers: garbage collector, merry-go-round-operator and cartoonist. A self-taught artist, his first published works documented the disorienting hell of his salad days in an “illustrated autojournal” called Jim. This work was published by Fantagraphics Books and collected in The Book of Jim in 1992.
He is best known for his wordless comics series depicting the follies of his character Frank, a generic cartoon anthropomorph whose adventures careen wildly from sweet to appalling. A decade’s worth of these stories was collected in The Frank Book in 2004. The 2010 Frank story Weathercraft won The Stranger’s Genius Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for that year. The most recent Frank book, Congress of the Animals, was released in 2011.
Woodring is also known for his anecdotal charcoal drawings (a selection which was gathered in Seeing Things in 2005), and the sculptures, vinyl figures, fabrics and gallery installations that have been made from his designs. His multimedia collaborations with the musician Bill Frisell won them a United States Artists Fellowship in 2006. He lives in Seattle with his family and residual phenomena.
-Walter Foxglove
He eventually grew up to bean inquisitive bearlike man who has enjoyed three exciting careers: garbage collector, merry-go-round-operator and cartoonist. A self-taught artist, his first published works documented the disorienting hell of his salad days in an “illustrated autojournal” called Jim. This work was published by Fantagraphics Books and collected in The Book of Jim in 1992.
He is best known for his wordless comics series depicting the follies of his character Frank, a generic cartoon anthropomorph whose adventures careen wildly from sweet to appalling. A decade’s worth of these stories was collected in The Frank Book in 2004. The 2010 Frank story Weathercraft won The Stranger’s Genius Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for that year. The most recent Frank book, Congress of the Animals, was released in 2011.
Woodring is also known for his anecdotal charcoal drawings (a selection which was gathered in Seeing Things in 2005), and the sculptures, vinyl figures, fabrics and gallery installations that have been made from his designs. His multimedia collaborations with the musician Bill Frisell won them a United States Artists Fellowship in 2006. He lives in Seattle with his family and residual phenomena.
-Walter Foxglove
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July 19, 2020
Closing out the collection, Betrayal proves a stellar ending to a thoroughly enjoyable bevy of one-shots. Continuing the themes of intrigue, deception, and the titular betrayal, a palace coup led by Jabba’s majordomo is germinated in the dank confines befitting of the dungeon it is hatched in. Coalescing brigands, murderers, liars and cheats alike, Bib Fortuna’s character is well fleshed out unto the power-hungry and vindictive psychopath he really is. Yet like all well laid plans, of course nothing goes according to them as yet another palace coup runs counter to the first.
Packed with unforeseeable twists and turns a richly detailed story makes ample use of its limited 28 pages. Ultimately, Betrayal proves itself a thoroughly enjoyable conclusion to one of (the now retired) SW’s canon’s hidden gems.
Packed with unforeseeable twists and turns a richly detailed story makes ample use of its limited 28 pages. Ultimately, Betrayal proves itself a thoroughly enjoyable conclusion to one of (the now retired) SW’s canon’s hidden gems.
April 17, 2022
Bummer. The series is over.
Five *****'s for this issue - but its the last one in the series. I'm bummed. Oh well, loved this series! Cannot give it enough praise. The best characters in this franchise are the backgrounds minor characters, as this series proves.
Five *****'s for this issue - but its the last one in the series. I'm bummed. Oh well, loved this series! Cannot give it enough praise. The best characters in this franchise are the backgrounds minor characters, as this series proves.
March 10, 2023
Un albo curioso, in cui seguiamo le vicende dell'assistente di Jabba che, ormai stremato dal suo ruolo, trama alle sue spalle...
Videorecensione con Commento Completo: https://youtu.be/b_-ObPsA59E
Storia - Voto 7
Artwork - Voto 6
Generale - Voto 6,5
Videorecensione con Commento Completo: https://youtu.be/b_-ObPsA59E
Storia - Voto 7
Artwork - Voto 6
Generale - Voto 6,5
April 21, 2026
"It was amazing." - 5 out of 5 star rating.
One of the very best Jabba the Hutt comics, and a one-shot at that.
The layers of betrayal and twists and turns are so much fun. Beautiful artwork, characters, action, and also a great Bib Fortuna character-focused comic as well.
One of the very best Jabba the Hutt comics, and a one-shot at that.
The layers of betrayal and twists and turns are so much fun. Beautiful artwork, characters, action, and also a great Bib Fortuna character-focused comic as well.
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