Daniel Torres<\/strong> (Knockabout Crack Editions)
\nISBN: 0-86166-047-1<\/p>\nThis little lost gem is an absurdist and over-the-top pastiche of hard-boiled detective fiction seamlessly blended with retro-science-fiction motifs and just a dash of colonial imperialism a la \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Yellow Peril\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. The good citizens of The City are assaulted in both overt and covert ways by that insidious master of menace ‘Sir Opium’ and his evil gang of ne’er-do-wells, but the clear-headed, clean-cut decency of TV host Ruben Plata and his faithful girlfriend Blanche White will surely prove a match for the bounders.<\/p>\n
Replete with 1950s fashions, flying cars and Rock-and-Roll, this Pop-culture melange is a graphic delight, raucous and very racy, outrageous and starkly tongue-in-cheek. Clever yet daftly sophisticated, this is a simply superb piece of cartooning – and in the interest of tempting you as much as possible I’ll just mention that Comics Legend Eddie Campbell lettered the translation. Now you’ve just got to have it, right?<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a91983 Daniel Torres. Translation \u00c2\u00a91986 Elias Garcia & Mike Steel. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Daniel Torres (Knockabout Crack Editions) ISBN: 0-86166-047-1 This little lost gem is an absurdist and over-the-top pastiche of hard-boiled detective fiction seamlessly blended with retro-science-fiction motifs and just a dash of colonial imperialism a la \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Yellow Peril\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. The good citizens of The City are assaulted in both overt and covert ways by that … <\/p>\n
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