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FANTAGRAPHICS UNDERGROUND PAGEANT TP (C: 0-1-2)
(W) Gradin, Justin (A) Gradin, Justin (C) Gradin, Justin
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
StockID: 143618 SKU: JAN251670
Ponce Melee is a lonely clock-puncher working for Twin Labs in the cloning dept. When he uses a strand of hair to clone a companion; it's successful- but she immediately leaves him for greener pastures. So- he clones another potential companion. And that one leaves. And again. And again. Soon- multiple clones begin causing confusion and havoc around town. Meanwhile- one of the errant clones makes a pact with the devil that goes awry and strands Satan in town- forcing him to get a job. Justin Gradin's sophomore graphic novel (after 2023's Mystic Debris) combines keen verbal and visual wit with a host of memorable characters - Mandrake the Soda Jerk- private investigator Butterfly Latté- pop superstar Attilla the Hunny- and many more-to create an anarchic- absurdist comedy about lonely souls and the lonely soulless. Pure comics- Gradin's work has echoes of Gary Panter- Gary Leib- Marc Bell- and Mark Beyer (and even some other cartoonists who may or may not be named Gary or Mark) while remaining a singular- sui generis voice in contemporary comics.
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FANTAGRAPHICS UNDERGROUND PAGEANT TP (C: 0-1-2)
(W) Gradin, Justin (A) Gradin, Justin (C) Gradin, Justin
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
StockID: 143618 SKU: JAN251670
Ponce Melee is a lonely clock-puncher working for Twin Labs in the cloning dept. When he uses a strand of hair to clone a companion; it's successful- but she immediately leaves him for greener pastures. So- he clones another potential companion. And that one leaves. And again. And again. Soon- multiple clones begin causing confusion and havoc around town. Meanwhile- one of the errant clones makes a pact with the devil that goes awry and strands Satan in town- forcing him to get a job. Justin Gradin's sophomore graphic novel (after 2023's Mystic Debris) combines keen verbal and visual wit with a host of memorable characters - Mandrake the Soda Jerk- private investigator Butterfly Latté- pop superstar Attilla the Hunny- and many more-to create an anarchic- absurdist comedy about lonely souls and the lonely soulless. Pure comics- Gradin's work has echoes of Gary Panter- Gary Leib- Marc Bell- and Mark Beyer (and even some other cartoonists who may or may not be named Gary or Mark) while remaining a singular- sui generis voice in contemporary comics.
