Pop Gun War, Volume 1: Gift

by Farel Dalrymple

Overview

POP GUN WAR is about childhood, self-discovery, oppression, guilt, dreams,
loneliness, whatever, and an inner city boy named Sinclair, who discovers a pair of discarded angel wings. With these wings, Sinclair flies around the city and gets into adventures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632157737
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	05/17/2016
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.50(d)
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

Farel Dalrymple is the creator Pop Gun War (Dark Horse Comics), which was a Xeric Grant recipient and won a gold medal from the Society of Illustrators. Dalrymple drew the critically acclaimed superhero comic book Omega the Unknown (Marvel) for author Jonathan Lethem and is also creator of the Eisner-nominated It Will All Hurt (Study Group Comic Books). He is a cofounder of and regular contributor to the comic book anthology Meathaus and has worked on a range of illustration and cartooning projects.

Editorial Reviews

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY -
"the fun of Pop Gun War is in its vivid characters and details. It is a fine debut, reminiscent of DC Comics's Vertigo line, with which it should sit comfortably on bookstores' and adventurous readers'
shelves."




LIBRARY JOURNAL — One can open this five-chapter volume anywhere and find a unique mixture of surreal, harsh, and delicate elements, including both fish and young men who develop wings and fly, a corporate pied piper seeking to distract and capture children, and an irate disembodied head. In Pop Gun War, bizarre events unfold according to a dreamlike logic rather than a linear narrative, drawn in a distinctive monochrome style with occasional bursts into color. This is how writer/illustrator Dalrymple (acclaimed author Jonathan Lethem's collaborator on the minicomics series “Omega the Unknown”) has chosen to depict the inevitable collision of youth and innocence with hard experience in the big city, with honorable forbears including filmmaker David Lynch and artist Jim
Woodring. The trip on which Dalrymple takes readers here is demanding and not always rewarding, but it's possibly worthwhile for those who handle its blend of symbolism, non sequiturs, and abrupt twists of fate. With original cover artwork.
Verdict Guileless and imaginative, this
Gift will nonetheless be an acquired taste for most readers. Optional but recommended to those who value how the medium can be used to tell personal and elliptical stories. Some violent and disturbing content.-J. Osicki, Saint John
Free P.L., NB

From the Publisher

11/15/2016
This surreal story follows inner-city boy Sinclair who discovers a pair of discarded angel wings and uses them to fly. His adventures unroll via dream logic as he meets eccentric human and animal characters in encounters suggesting a child's puzzlement at the inexplicable world of adults. Expressive detailed black-and-white drawings with occasional bursts of color. Teens and adults. (LJ Xpress Reviews, 6/30/16)

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