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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN num: 9780978972264
ISBN number: 0978972260
Label: PictureBox
Manufacturer: PictureBox
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 352
Printing Date: November 01, 2007
Publishing house: PictureBox
Release Date: November 01, 2007
Sale Popularity Level: 655643
Studio: PictureBox
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In this follow-up to his acclaimed graphic novel, Ninja--which was reviewed in such diverse sources as The New York Times, Art Review and The Comics Journal--the co-founder of the legendary Providence underground art and music space, Fort Thunder, gives us an immersive, frenetic reading experience. Originally drawn in 1996 over the pages of a Japanese book catalogue, Brian Chippendale's monumental 350-page graphic novel, Maggots, is reproduced here in a facsimile edition, with every nick and tear in tact. The line work--incredibly dense because Chippendale needed to cover up the Japanese catalogue--nearly vibrates off every page. As for the story, it concerns a group of characters who live in a place called Fort Thunder and wander around discovering little holes in their universe, battle a capitalist landlord, eat peanut butter sandwiches and embark on adventures somewhere between dirt punk and epic, cosmic science fiction.
Chippendale's drawings are much like his famed drumming for the noise rock band Lightning Bolt: propulsive, soulful and chaotic. But, like his best songs, Maggots opens up into beautiful visual passages, vistas of temples and flowers--all drawn in scorching grey marks that tell a story in their own abstractions. This book has several built-in cult followings.
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A neat little comic. Unique in it's presentation and how the artist/author directs you to read the story. Cool graphics. Very difficult to understand what's going on with the story, however, for me. I've had to put it down and pick it up a few times due to this frustration. Otherwise I'd give this title a higher rating.
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