Crumple: The Status of Knuckle

Escombros: El Status de Knuckle #1-4

by Dave Cooper

Satyryczna, a nawet wręcz szokująca opowieść o strachu i niepokoju współczesnego mężczyzny, o utratę kontroli nad własnym losem. Wszystko to dzieje się, w świecie, w którym kobiety zrzeszone w tajemniczym kulcie, dążą do wyeliminowania samców.

Dave Cooper urodził się w 1967 roku w małej wiosce rybackiej w Nowej Szkocji, w Kanadzie.

W latach 90. XX w. Dave stworzył godną odnotowania biblioteczkę bardzo grubiańskich undergroundowych komiksów, dla legendarnego wydawnictwa ze Seattle - Fantagraphics. Wśród nich były: Ssanie, Zgniecenie, Dan and Larry, Ripple i eklektyczna seria Weasel, którą kontynuuje po dziś dzień, w takiej czy też innej formie. W tamtych latach babrał się również w projektowaniu zabawek oraz animacji.

Na początku wieku, Dave stopniowo zaczął skupiać się na karierze malarskiej. Od 2003 roku jego prace schodziły na pniu, na wystawach, w galeriach w Paryżu, Los Angeles i Nowym Jorku. W 2007 roku podbił Rzym.

Dave mieszka w Ottawie, z żoną i synem.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Comix, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction

120 pages, Paperback

First published October 18, 2000

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

[Drew Canole · Rating 3 out of 5]

I keep hoping to read another classic like Ripple. Cooper's penmenship is as great as ever in this little stoner-style adventure story of a loser named Knuckle. It's fine stuff, but nothing that stands out.

I want to check out an artbook by him next. He's great at drawing, but the writing does require a bit more for me to get interested.

[Iago · Rating 5 out of 5]

Maravilla de dibujo y de historia lisérgica. Mi primer pero no mi último Dave Cooper. Eso seguro. Comic con todas las de la ley. Como ya no se hacen. Underground y con un detalle acojonante.

[RSC_Collecting · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whoa! What a crazy read. Finally got my hands on another Dave Cooper book for the collection. This one was wild. Following Knuckle. A boy who finds himself uncovering the secrets of the new world. When his girlfriend breaks up with him and tells him she may be a lesbian, his best friend takes him to Hollywood to see the sluts and pornstars. Only he stumbles upon an insane secret that the women are hiding. A secret that will change the entire world and human race. I won't say exactly what that is, but it's weird. Such a bizarre story. And the art was so damn good. That's why I love Dave Cooper. He's so strange and his art is so beautiful. There's a ton of amazing details and stuff to dissect on every page. I absolutely loved it. Highly recommend all of Dave's books. Including this one. A quick and trippy read!

[Titus · Rating 4 out of 5]

As always with Dave Cooper, the cartooning here is excellent. Moreover, the setting and subject matter give him the opportunity to show off, with quirky futuristic cities, flying vehicles and bizarre creatures. The story is fun, weird and creepy, but it's slighter and less engrossing than Cooper's other comics that I've read – just a wild adventure, without the depth of something like “Dan & Larry”. There’s nothing wrong with that, though, and overall I still enjoyed this comic a lot.

[Juan Fuentes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bien el dibujo, agobiante por momentos y siempre líquido y supurante. La historia, acerca de una rebelión de las mujeres aliadas con extraterrestres, me ha parecido ni fu ni fa.

[Luis Malo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great art. So-so story.

[Piesito]

Desagradable y Underground

[Bartłomiej Grabowski · Rating 2 out of 5]

fajna kreska ale to w sumie tyle

[Felipe Chiaramonte · Rating 3 out of 5]

Conto de ficção científica em forma de quadrinhos bem, bem macabro e com um traço expressivamente grotesco da jornada trágica e alienante de um macho virgem em meio a fêmeas sapatas feministas que começam a tomar o poder enquanto aliens invadem o planeta. De fazer as bolas tremerem!

[Christopher · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book made me itch and I had to take three showers after I read it. It was gross and disturbing; I loved it.

[Boenjegginz of Glasgow Town · Rating 1 out of 5]

L'auteur doit avoir de sérieux problèmes avec les femmes. Ou sa féminité.

[Reyel2107 · Rating 5 out of 5]

what should be a adult cartoon !!!!