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The Return of Hyper Comics
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ISBN13: 9798645729363
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 7 2020
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.35 Width: 7.01 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Aug 7 2020
Pages: 166
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.35 Width: 7.01 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The Return of Hyper Comics, the last project of legendary underground cartoonist and Hugo Award-winner Steve Stiles, who passed away in 2020, is a September release from Thintwhistle Books, a company formed by Steve's widow, Elaine Stiles. Packed with more than 150 pages of Steve's classic work from Hyper Comics, Heavy Metal, Stardate, and a host of other publications, it's an essential part of any cartoon collector's library !Krupp Comic Works founder Denis Kitchen called Steve one of the funniest and cleverest goddamn cartoonists on the planet. Mark Schultz said of Steve's back-up stories in Xenozoic Tales, It was a joy to collaborate with him - if he made any adjustments to my scripts they were invariably improvements. Heavy Metal editor Ted White called Steve's contributions to the magazine Phil-Dickian in their SF surrealism, wicked in their observations, and Firesign Theatre-like in their mocking details. In The Return of Hyper Comics, you'll thrill to the adventures of Jim Baxter, Marijuana Detective. You'll share Steve's nightmares as he meets Nixon and Trump. You'll smile along with Mr. Smile when he accidentally kills a girl he is trying to save. If only I could stop smiling, he says. You'll get an advance look at next month's QAnon conspiracy when Steve reveals, Joe Stalin Tells Me What to Draw! And you'll barf as Steve's first orgy ends with tainted oysters and a group emergency room visit. Steve had a particular genius for chronicling life's humiliating moments, and fortunately for his fans, Steve had enough humiliating moments in his life to fill volumes. He stands up to fellow students after one of them writes a racist insult on the blackboard, and in revenge they finger him as the culprit. A dealer spikes Steve's coffee with LSD, leaving him on a bicycle in Queens in rush hour. But through it all, Steve faces life's traumas with self-mocking humor and a core of optimism that nothing manages to quite extinguish. The Return of Hyper Comics is 150 pages of wicked social satire, bizarre sex, science fiction, violence, drugs, and personal humiliation, all with brilliant art by a master cartoonist. Thintwhistle Books disclaims responsibility for damage resulting from excessive laughter.
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