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$9.34The Story
CABBIE HC DEFINITIVE EDITION (MR)
(W) MARTI RIERA FERRER, ART SPIEGELMAN (A) MARTÍ RIERA FERRER (C) MARTI RIERA FERRER
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 145260 SKU: 0225FB492
Coupling the grand guignol morality of Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver with the squashed black-and-white perspectives and grotesque human physiognomy (and humanity) that defines Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy- Martí’s The Cabbie (starring the eponymous “hero” known only as the Cabbie) was first published in installments in 1980s Spain- a product of a life lived under- and coming out of- Franco’s fascist dictatorship.In Volume One (initially published in 2011)- the Cabbie’s father’s coffin is stolen in an act of vengeance for the Cabbie’s vigilantism — right after his mother tells him his inheritance is inside! Cabbie takes to the mean streets in a quest to find it. In Volumes Two and Three (both never before available in English)- Cabbie runs the gauntlet of mad science- dog races where the dogs chase humans- evil millionaires- presidents- and popes in addition to every nightmare scenario imaginable. Ultra violent- ultra profane- and ultra vicious- The Cabbie is filled with scummy noir characters exaggerated to the absolute limit — and the worst of them all might be the titular Cabbie- precisely because- not unlike Travis Bickle- he sees himself as a force for good.There have been various incomplete English editions over the last four decades- but this is the definitive Cabbie saga published in English for the first time- complete with “extras-” including a cover gallery!
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CABBIE HC DEFINITIVE EDITION (MR)
(W) MARTI RIERA FERRER, ART SPIEGELMAN (A) MARTÍ RIERA FERRER (C) MARTI RIERA FERRER
FANTAGRAPHICS
StockID: 145260 SKU: 0225FB492
Coupling the grand guignol morality of Paul Schrader and Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver with the squashed black-and-white perspectives and grotesque human physiognomy (and humanity) that defines Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy- Martí’s The Cabbie (starring the eponymous “hero” known only as the Cabbie) was first published in installments in 1980s Spain- a product of a life lived under- and coming out of- Franco’s fascist dictatorship.In Volume One (initially published in 2011)- the Cabbie’s father’s coffin is stolen in an act of vengeance for the Cabbie’s vigilantism — right after his mother tells him his inheritance is inside! Cabbie takes to the mean streets in a quest to find it. In Volumes Two and Three (both never before available in English)- Cabbie runs the gauntlet of mad science- dog races where the dogs chase humans- evil millionaires- presidents- and popes in addition to every nightmare scenario imaginable. Ultra violent- ultra profane- and ultra vicious- The Cabbie is filled with scummy noir characters exaggerated to the absolute limit — and the worst of them all might be the titular Cabbie- precisely because- not unlike Travis Bickle- he sees himself as a force for good.There have been various incomplete English editions over the last four decades- but this is the definitive Cabbie saga published in English for the first time- complete with “extras-” including a cover gallery!
