Bread and Circuses

Bruno #2

by Christopher Baldwin

The Second Bruno collection was originally released as a hand bound book in the autumn of 1997. All books are now machine "perfect" bound which was a necessity to keep up with the rising demand.

Full color cover (shown above). The book spans the second eight months of the strip from September 1996 - April 1997. The foreword is something written by T.S. Eliot... well... sort of. In the back are an appendix , "blueprint" drawings of Stanley's house, a Biography of Tupshin Harper (computer assist), a biography of myself, a "little Bruno history", and sketches from how it all started.

All information, bios and etc. were written at the time of first publishing and have not been changed in order to mark the period in which they came out.

130 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

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Reviews

[Louise · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got ahead of myself and read this later in the day after Bruno #1 and I really shouldn't have (or maybe it was the right thing to do). Baldwin captures Bruno so friggin' well it's hard to a) remember Baldwin isn't writing about himself, and b) stomach a few home truths one might stumble across.

Upon reflection this probably should be 4 stars (instead of the original 3)?? The fifth is withheld because I felt like shit after spending too much time with Bruno, and that's not a good reason, but I also wasn't fully wowed.

[Kevin Brown · Rating 5 out of 5]

Strangely the addition of the surprise circus creates a strong story arch.