Star Wars: Jabba The Hutt - The Hunger of Princess Nampi

Jabba the Hutt: The Art of the Deal #2

by Jim Woodring, Art Wetherell (Illustrator), Monty Sheldon (Illustrator)

Jabba'has an old saying: If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em out! And that's just what he attempts to do when he encounters an unexpected nemesis on his journey through'the galaxy. But he may have to part with something more personal than his precious spice if he's going to close this deal!

Genres: Comics, Star Wars, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels

Comic

Published January 1, 1995

About the author

Jim 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

Reviews

[Ill D · Rating 4 out of 5]

Laden with chuckles, the second Jabba-centric one-shot of four is just as amusing as the first. Once more proving himself a cunning master of mental manipulations he once more takes center stage to upend yet another adversary, this time on a boarded spacecraft. Deploying smoke shields of tricks and lies against both his jailers and employees alike, Jabba’s application of mētis is befitting of his mythic forerunner Odysseus. Remarkably human, there’s a warm and organic core here that proves a startling juxtaposition to his apparent sliminess.

[Travis James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Awesome!

I love Jabba! Awesome graphic novel. Five *****'s! I've always liked.the supporting characters of Star Wars better than the main ones. Cannot wait to move on to the other issues of this series!!!!

[Luke Shea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Did you know Jim Woodring wrote a couple Jabba the Hutt comics where people say stuff like "Lay down your arms or be reduced to blood chowder!"?

[Elwin Kline · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Really liked it." - 4 out of 5 star rating.

An excellent 'classic' Jabba the Hutt comic.

This Princess Nampi one-shot is really well done and super fun.