Gear [Paperback]

Doug Tennapel (Author, Artist)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 13, 2007

Four incompetent cats high-jack a Giant Killer Robot! The plans are made, the cats lay in wait, the Robot comes and everything goes el stinko. This book's got everything: robots, harpoon guns, talking cats, gun shots to the head - the whole sha-bang!

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Image Comics (February 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1582406804
• ISBN-13: 978-1582406800
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,708 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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63 of 64 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Greatest Book on Planet Earth, February 12, 2007

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Douglas R. Ten Napel "Doug TenNapel" (Glendale, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gear (Paperback)

GEAR is simply the greatest book ever written. I read it and exploded. Actually, I wrote it and also exploded.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars holy fuggin' awesome, February 15, 2007

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Cuyler (Broomfield, Colombia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gear (Paperback)

that's the best way to describe this book, initially. well, i mean, all throughout that's how you describe it, but that's what this book would put down on a dating survey that asks the book to describe itself in 3 words.

i think this book has become my favorite tennapel book. the thing flat rocks. i mean, we got giant robot fights, mantis warriors, espionage cats, cults, the mob, and talking guppies as a symbol for death. the book contained many "laugh out loud" moments, many requiring me to share them with someone else because they are just that good.

the book feels incredibly surreal and other worldly, with art that's reminiscent of 30's disney shorts, but violence is in no short supply. i was honestly a little (quite pleasantly) surprised. after having seen a few episodes of catscratch (gear being the source of inspiration for the cartoon), i had developed a completely different idea of what this book was going to be like. it has a smart symbol laden stories, as tennapel books do, but is approachable. buy it. buy 2 and send one to that friend of yours that lives on the other side of the country. y'know, the one you don't talk to a whole bunch? yeah. that one. they'll thank you for it.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than I remember, March 12, 2010

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Daniel B. Davis "mad science" (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gear (Paperback)

I remember reading this a while back, to the point where it was destroyed beyond repair. Then I went through some sort of maturity phase, I guess, and did that thing where many parts of your childhood disappear from everywhere except the darkest recesses of your mind. I've been doing some excavating, and found that many of my favorite things, albeit video games, comics, art and albums have an inexplicable link to one Doug TenNapel. I'm pretty sure it all started with this book.

While simpler and more straightforward than some of his other books, there still remains a complex and beautiful story, engaging characters, and some of the most unique artwork and vision I've seen. On many of the pages you can just FEEL the intensity and ferocity with which he drew, and the recklessness and broad stroke style that he shows in this book is one of many reasons that sets him apart artistically from others in my eye. I own them all now, and urge you to do the same, starting with this one.

If you remain interested, check out his other stuff, as he's left imprints everywhere, whether it be his video games (neverhood, skullmonkeys, earthworm jim), cartoons (catscratch, ewj), online videos (sockbaby), or album designs (Terry S. Taylor, Five Iron Frenzy.) It's nice finding an artist with this kind of vision and seemingly endless supply of stories who somehow seems to enjoy what he's doing more than I do.