Not a dream, not a hoax - Paul Pope’s imaginary story Battling Boy has been scheduled for release by First Second Books three years after everyone had initially expected it, finally giving comics fans a chance to see the character that comics savant Pope describes as “the Superman we need for today.”
It’s a good year to be a Paul Pope fan. His second volume of Pulp Hope, the One Trick Rip-Off and now this. Check out a preview of Battling Boy. ‘Scuse me a second, I’ll be sucking my thumb for the rest of the afternoon.
From the One Trick Rip Off by Paul Pope, featured in Legendary Entertainment’s Facebook. I re-opened his previous edition of PulpHope and I am still considerably blown away.
The rough cover art for PULPHOPE 2 posted by Paul Pope on Flickr, who describes it as:
In the initial design stages on PULPHOPE 2, working with Jim Pascoe on this. Published by Legendary.
The book will likely be an Xmas season 2012 release, mostly new material. We’re planning for a 12x12 LP format, 250 plus pages.
His first volume, which I got at MoCCA in 2007, is the kind of thing that is slow-going, and this is exactly how Pope should be digested. You need a break after every page of text or art, it’s just that filling.
What’s happening? I mean: what is going on here? I feel like, suddenly, one day I’m filled with sadness. Last night, I’m rocking out and then talking about Libertarianism with Paul Pope. And now, I’m making jokes about dudes wearing turtlenecks. A paintball just hit my window.
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