Completely Pip & Norton

by Dave Cooper, Gavin McInnes

Pip & Norton have been together for nearly as long as Ernie & Bert, but not as long as Sylvester & Tweety. They've existed for much longer than there have been comic-book stories written about them. By the time that happened, they had their schtick totally nailed. This graphic novel includes all their best work plus their first appearance in the Dark Horse anthology Scatterbrain. The story, "Spinning Buddha," is all about poor impressionable Pip's uncontrollable infatuation with material possessions, in this case the latest, fanciest of The Spinning Buddha. Also included are several other epic stories from other Dark Horse anthologies; and many of the best monthly P&N strips that have appeared in the edgy youth culture magazine Vice over the past three years; plus a new 10-page extravaganza about Pip's obsessive love for Barbra Streisand, and Barbra's earth-shattering psychic powers! All these things (and more) are wrapped up like a gift. Eye-popping covers and endpapers will make you feel like you've just visited some miraculous synthesis of the Louvre and Disneyland.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Humor

72 pages, Paperback

First published September 13, 2002

About the author

Dave Charles Cooper is a Canadian cartoonist, painter and animator.
Cooper was born in Nova Scotia in 1967 and grew up in Ottawa, where he still lives.
He began his career in underground comics in the early 90's . His most notable works are Weasel (2000, Fantagraphics), winner of an Ignatz Award and a Harvey Award in 2000, and Ripple (2003, Fantagraphics). A retrospective of his comic artwork took place in Angoulême and Paris in 2002.
In the 2000's Dave moved to painting and animation. His oil paintings have been shown at galleries and museums in Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Madrid. In animation, Cooper has developed the tv shows Pig Boat Banana Cricket for Nickelodeon, The Bagel and Becky Show for Teletoon/BBC and the short adult film the Absence of Teddy Table.

Reviews

[Canard Frère]

Quelque part dans la veine d'un Hunt Emerson, une série d'aventures débiles à souhait. Le crétinisme des 2 personnages a beau être totalement assumé certains strips sont quand même très moyens, mais le délire de l'ensemble mérite quand même le coup d'oeil.

[Erik · Rating 2 out of 5]

Looks great with a few clever moments, but the gags mostly didn't work for me.

[Reyel2107 · Rating 5 out of 5]

an adult paronic cartoon !!!!!