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Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen
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ISBN10: 1606997904
ISBN13: 9781606997901
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: Jan 18 2015
Pages: 228
Weight: 1.75
Height: 1.04 Width: 7.22 Depth: 10.17
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781606997901
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Published: Jan 18 2015
Pages: 228
Weight: 1.75
Height: 1.04 Width: 7.22 Depth: 10.17
Language: English
Acclaimed cartoonist Dylan Horrocks returns with a long-awaited new graphic novel, the first since his perennial classic, 1998's Hicksville. Cartoonist Sam Zabel hasn't drawn a comic in years. Stuck in a nightmare of creative block and despair, Sam spends his days writing superhero stories for a large American comics publisher and staring at a blank piece of paper, unable to draw a single line. Then one day he finds a mysterious old comic book set on Mars and is suddenly thrown headlong into a wild, fantastic journey through centuries of comics, stories, and imaginary worlds. Accompanied by a young webcomic creator named Alice and an enigmatic schoolgirl with rocket boots and a bag full of comics, Sam goes in search of the Magic Pen, encountering sex-crazed aliens, medieval monks, pirates, pixies and -- of course -- cartoonists. Funny, erotic, and thoughtful, Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen explores the pleasures, dangers, and moral consequences of fantasy.
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