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Title: Box Office Poison by Alex Robinson ISBN: 1-891830-19-8 Publisher: Top Shelf Production Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (23 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Do You Work Here?
Comment: I'm pretty sure those of you who are reading this review have heard the arguement that comics are not just for children. Well, if the only comics that you see are super hero comics and last for 32 pages a piece it definately would be hard to take them seriously, but then there are graphic novels, especially books the size and scope of _Box Office Poison_. Box office poison is massive, cl;ocking in at 608 pages. I know what you are thinking, but it is a comic it cannpt take that longf too read, but you would be wrong this book is full of well written dialogue. For those of you who dislike comics of the common ilk this book is for you, instead of a super hero with his incredibly buxom companion we have Sherman who works at a book store and Ed the aspiring cartoonist. There are of couirse many females in the book as well, but they are realistically proportioned. There are characters that you will adore in this book and characters that you hate, but what you get in the end is a very realistic story in comic form about well developed characters. read it please
Rating: 5
Summary: Very refreshing
Comment: In an industry where 'bigger, harder, shinier' is the status quo, the 'Box Office Poison' collection (this book collects every single Box Office Poison issue in existence, making it a more than complete story) came to me as a refreshing experience, and a very good one at it.
I can understand why people compare it to 'Strangers in Paradise', but I will hastely add that it's not the same kinda book in its entirety. Where Strangers in Paradise almost exclusively focuses on relationships and what comes with them, Box Office Poison takes a wider view and handles everyday life of a certain group of people in it's entirety. WITH relationships, but also with (in)security issues, finding out what to do with your life, gaining perspective on it and REALLY see how a personal life evolves (where it is a little romanticized in most comics in this 'genre', even Strangers in Paradise). The main point is that nothing happening in it is in any way forced. It's what comes and goes. Very relatable.
A storywise introduction: Although the story is about an entire group of people there are two characters, the friends Sherman and 'Ed', around which everything evolves, the red line if you will. Sherman is just out of college, wants to be a writer, but for now works in a bookstore as a clerk. The shy and insecure Ed wants to become a cartoonist. Along the book you'll witness the ups and downs, recognizable joys and annoyments (funny if you're into sarcasm) and relationships being made and broken. Various things happen like for instance: Ed trying everything he can to gain some confidence, honesty and loyalty (or lack off it) in the comic industry, people assuming things they 'heard somewhere' and only seeing how somebody means something to you when he or she isn't there at the time. But also less 'deep' things like a philosophy about why men just HAVE to look when there's cleavage shown and stupid things people ask clerks (you'll find yourself go "damn, I did that !' more than once).
All in all this little un-exaggerated comic-book soap-opera is the nicest thing I've read in a while and the most refreshing thing since I first opened a Strangers in Paradise Graphic Novel.
The art is, compared to the before mentioned book, a little less good but the variety in storylines AND a very plot-twisting last few pages makes than up more than enough. Funny as well, but never forced. Very relatable and as uncliche as it gets. A lot of good pages of fun for your money.
Rating: 5
Summary: Decisions, Decisions ...
Comment: A lot of people who are browsing past this graphic novel might think its just another Gen-X treatise on bad relationships.
It's not.
Alex Robinson has crafted a cast of characters with depth, using "comic" approaches to draw out each of their inner fears, desires and concerns. Some 600+ pages later, you're moved by each of the stories, and thinking about how you've become what you've become since you left home. There are key moments in our lives, very small and quick, that define who we are for years to come. "Box Office Poison" is a stark reminder that, as with the case of poor Sherman Davies, sometimes we make mistakes, and sometimes our mistakes make us.
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Title: A Complete Lowlife by Ed Brubaker ISBN: 1891830201 Publisher: Top Shelf Production Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: BOP! by Alex Robinson ISBN: 1891830465 Publisher: Top Shelf Productions Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by CHRIS WARE ISBN: 0375404538 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 12 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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