by R. Sikoryak (Author)
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly
(March 7, 2017)
Softcover, 108 pages
This is not so much a
graphic novel, but an extended piece of concept art to make a point. Perhaps
it’s much more than the average person expects or wants. One hundred and eight
pages of material done in a variety of classic comic book and comic strip styles.
The main character, a cartoon version of Apple creator and child slaver Steve
Jobs, wanders through the world of the graphic novel while reciting the
ridiculously long and tediously complex terms and conditions for Apple
products. Don’t bother trying to take in the actual material, even in this
interesting format it’s nearly incomprehensible, almost as bad as Finnegan’s Wake.
As
such to review this book, which I can’t do an honest review of as it is mostly
experimental fiction and meant to be viewed in a different light. So instead, I
went page by page through it all and attempted to identify the artist or comic
it is from. So far I’ve found: A Wolverine cover, a Steranko Agents of Shield
interior cover, Little Lulu, Astro Boy, Miller’s Dark Knight Returns, John
Byrne X-Men, Charles Schultz; Gaiman’s Sandman, Dilbert, The Walking Dead,
Something by Seth possibly from Palookaville, R. Crumb, Watchmen, Calvin and
Hobbes, Little Nemo in Slumberland, The Incredible Hulk, Archie, Jim Davis’s
Garfield, Prince Valiant, Mignolia’s Hellboy,Cathy, Little Dot, Transformers,
Dr. Strange, Ketchum’s Dennis the Menace, Hot Stuff, Hagar the Horrible, Beetle Bailey, Lone Wolf and Cub, daniel
Clowes, Rube Goldburg, Felix the Cat, Eisner’s The Spirit, Herge’s Tin Tin, Dick
Tracy, Spiderman, Akira, Josie and the Pussy Cats, Edward Gorey, Wally Wood,
Pogo, Charles Burns Black Hole, Smurfs, Love and Rockets, Nancy, Scott Morse,
Popeye, Mobius, Scooby Doo, Scott Pilgrim, Snuffy Smith, Green lantern, My Little Pony, Persepholie,
Donald Duck, For Better or For Worse, Cable, Bagge’s Hate, Original Wonder
Woman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rawhide Kid, The Family Circus, The
Simpsons, Silver Surfer, From Hell, Brenda Starr, Ziggy, & finally Chris
Ware something or other.
Best
I could do. There were about thirty I couldn’t figure out, either because I
hadn’t read the book or there were too many possibilities.
For more readings, try books by Rex Hurst.
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