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PAUL POPE’S
“ADVENTURE OF THE YEAR”
Boing Boing says, “You’re going to love this,” while
The Huffington Post calls it “an instant classic,” and MTV Geek
“a rip-roaring superhero adventure for the ages.” “This book is a
number one stunner,” says Junot Diaz, while Brian K. Vaughan says,
“there’s more imagination in each page of this
book than in whole years of other comics,” and Jeff Smith calls it “the
adventure of the year.”
When
Battling Boy's father (a warrior god) drops him on a world infested
with bloodthirsty monsters, he leaves his son with nothing but a magic
credit card, a trunk full of
enchanted tee shirts, and instructions not to come home until
he's liberated the planet from its plague of monsters.
It's one kid versus an entire world full of monsters – and the monsters don't stand a chance.
PAUL POPE is the
New York Times
bestselling author/illustrator behind the fiercely beloved comics
The One Trick Rip-Off,
Batman Year 100,
Heavy Liquid, and100%.
A master of gritty sci-fi epics, he’s known for genre-bending
storytelling and frenetic, stylish artwork. Paul Pope’s art has been
featured in places as diverse as LucasArts, Diesel Industries, and
Cartoon Network, and DKNY. Widely considered to be one of
the best and most influential cartoonists today, Paul Pope’s comics
storytelling has its roots in the classic superhero stories he read as a
child, from his lifetime devotion to the classic stories of Asimov and
Bradbury — and the epic storytelling of Star
Wars. At age 25, Pope embarked on a career creating comics for the
Japanese manga publisher Kodansha, living and working in Tokyo. His
comics have since reflected the effortless pacing, breathless emotional
storytelling, and widespread accessibility that
the manga form is so well known for, while retaining an aesthetic that
is truly Pope’s own. The protégé of Moebius, the legendary grand master
of the French comics industry, Pope’s current work integrates all these
influences into a heady concoction with a
uniquely American sensibility.
BATTLING BOY
by Paul Pope
First Second Books
6 x 8 1/2, 208 pages, Ages 10 - 100
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