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One Trick Rip-Off / Deep Cuts (2013)

by Paul Pope(Favorite Author)

3.63 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1607067188 (ISBN13: 9781607067184)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Image Comics

review 1: I think this might be a great read for folks who are already Paul Pope fans. If I've read something by him, I can't quite place it. His art is really emotive, but for me it's kind of overly so. Characters look the same. The first story was decent, and I enjoyed how the action was allowed to take place over the whole book. Tons and tons of action-filled panels. But ultimately it just fell flat for me. After the main story, there's a bunch of "b-sides" I guess you'd call them. Short little comics that are riffs on bits of poetry, or small tales, the longest one being a food eating contest between some high school girls at an Indian restaurant. It's as compelling as you'd think it might be. The back cover has Dave Gibbons describing this as a mix between underground comic boo... moreks and hyper-kinetic manga. I guess since I'm not a fan of manga, maybe that's why it really didn't do it for me.
review 2: It's good nobody was around because I squealed like a little girl when I found out about this book. Then disappointment set in. Disappointment in myself, that is. I usually follow up on authors when I enjoy their work like I enjoyed Batman: Year 100 and Heavy Liquid, but... alas, I have to find out much later that Paul Pope has several more masterpieces tucked in his belt. They must be dug up and consumed by myself! Or I shall die unfulfilled!The One Trick Rip-Off is the evolution of Paul Pope's styles and techniques in a microcosm. These vignettes are sequenced by dates and places the artist lived. It's well worth looking into, if only for this reason. You can watch his style become more refined, more at ease with itself. Influenced by his zip code. You begin to see patterns you've already seen in his prior work, if you've been paying attention.His male protagonists are almost always blackhaired, almost always moody, somehow introverted. Actually they resemble Paul Pope in one way or another. His women wear similar features and also sport similar attitudes. His women are always beautiful. His scenes are dark and sexy and his people look good in it. Ok this is getting a little weird, but this book isn't, depending on who you are. Check it out! less

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