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by Paul Pope, Robin Snyder (Editor)

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels

86 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

PAUL POPE is an American cartoonist living and working in New York City. Pope has made a name for himself internationally as an artist and designer. He has been working primarily in comics since the early '90s, but has also done a number of projects with Italian fashion label Diesel Industries and, in the US, with DKNY. His media clients include LucasArts, Paramount Pictures, Cartoon Network, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Conde-Naste, Kodansha (Japan), Sapporo (Japan), Marc Ecko, Dargaud Editions (France), EMI Canada, Warner Brothers, and The British Film Institute. His iconic Batman: Year 100, a science fiction take on the classic Batman origin tale, has won numerous awards, seen print in many languages, and appears frequently on many Top 10 Batman story lists. In 2010, Pope was recognized as a Master Artist by the American Council Of The Arts, and is currently sitting on the ACA advisory board. His 2010, short science fiction comic strip Strange Adventures (DC Comics)--an homage to the Flash Gordon serials of the '30s-- won the coveted National Cartoonist Society's Reuben Award for Best Comic Book of the year. He has won 5 Eisners to date.

Reviews

[Rick · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I first read this, over 20 year ago now, I was not particularly moved by it. Everything was slightly out of sync with how I see the world, nothing felt quite genuine. Now I think see a lot more of what was intended. The road trip makes more more sense to me now in the context of American youth culture and the need to find "freedom" from the place that chains the youth to home. Mixed with the head trip metaphor and we have the entire Beat Poet counter culture. This is Pope's first drawn novel and it suggests the direction his works would evolve into without really resembling them in more than rudimentary ways. There is also that youthful academic mind at work that is still distilling the concepts and information that college education so often dumps on the unsuspecting without having time to digest the material. That was clearly where Pope's head was and it makes a fascinating read as means of integrating with the mind of the artist as a young man. Not perfect, but a pretty cool read to excavate.