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Masterpiece Comics

by R. Sikoryak

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HILARIOUS PARODIES OF CLASSIC LITERATURE REIMAGINED WITH CLASSIC COMICS Masterpiece Comicsadapts a variety of classic literary works with the most iconic visual idioms of twentieth-century comics. Dense with exclamation marks and lurid colors, R. Sikoryak's parodies remind us of the sensational excesses of the canon, or, if you prefer, of the economical expressiveness of classic comics fromBatmantoGarfield. In "Blond Eve," Dagwood and Blondie are ejected from the Garden of Eden into their archetypal suburban home; Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray is reimagined as a foppish Little Nemo; and Camus's Stranger becomes a brooding, chain-smoking Golden Age Superman. Other source material includes Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, bubblegum wrappers, superhero comics, kid cartoons, and more. Sikoryak's classics have appeared in landmark anthologies such asRAWandDrawn & Quarterly, all of which are collected inMasterpiece Comics, along with brilliant new graphic literary satires. His drawings have appeared onThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart,as well as inThe New Yorker, The Onion, Mad,andNickelodeon Magazine.… (more)
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  AldusManutius | Jul 5, 2020 |
This book manages to parody both classic newspaper cartoons/comics and classic literary works in an amusing and smart way. Everyone from Garfield to Batman gets a classic reworking here from the likes of Shakespeare and the Brontes. The author even took the time to parody ads for toys and get rich quick schemes like the ones that used to appear in comics and the letters to editors page. Extremely enjoyable. ( )
  Rosa.Mill | Nov 21, 2015 |
This book manages to parody both classic newspaper cartoons/comics and classic literary works in an amusing and smart way. Everyone from Garfield to Batman gets a classic reworking here from the likes of Shakespeare and the Brontes. The author even took the time to parody ads for toys and get rich quick schemes like the ones that used to appear in comics and the letters to editors page. Extremely enjoyable. ( )
  Rosa.Mill | Nov 21, 2015 |
This book manages to parody both classic newspaper cartoons/comics and classic literary works in an amusing and smart way. Everyone from Garfield to Batman gets a classic reworking here from the likes of Shakespeare and the Brontes. The author even took the time to parody ads for toys and get rich quick schemes like the ones that used to appear in comics and the letters to editors page. Extremely enjoyable. ( )
  Rosa.Mill | Nov 21, 2015 |
This book manages to parody both classic newspaper cartoons/comics and classic literary works in an amusing and smart way. Everyone from Garfield to Batman gets a classic reworking here from the likes of Shakespeare and the Brontes. The author even took the time to parody ads for toys and get rich quick schemes like the ones that used to appear in comics and the letters to editors page. Extremely enjoyable. ( )
  Rosa.Mill | Nov 21, 2015 |
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Classical literature is mashed up with the lowest popular culture, and the result sheds a new light on both. R. Sikoryak has an amazing ability to mimic whatever art style is needed to make these stories work with familiar comic characters.
 
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HILARIOUS PARODIES OF CLASSIC LITERATURE REIMAGINED WITH CLASSIC COMICS Masterpiece Comicsadapts a variety of classic literary works with the most iconic visual idioms of twentieth-century comics. Dense with exclamation marks and lurid colors, R. Sikoryak's parodies remind us of the sensational excesses of the canon, or, if you prefer, of the economical expressiveness of classic comics fromBatmantoGarfield. In "Blond Eve," Dagwood and Blondie are ejected from the Garden of Eden into their archetypal suburban home; Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray is reimagined as a foppish Little Nemo; and Camus's Stranger becomes a brooding, chain-smoking Golden Age Superman. Other source material includes Dante, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, bubblegum wrappers, superhero comics, kid cartoons, and more. Sikoryak's classics have appeared in landmark anthologies such asRAWandDrawn & Quarterly, all of which are collected inMasterpiece Comics, along with brilliant new graphic literary satires. His drawings have appeared onThe Daily Show with Jon Stewart,as well as inThe New Yorker, The Onion, Mad,andNickelodeon Magazine.

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