Tank Girl 2 [Paperback]

Alan Martin (Author), Jamie Hewlett (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2003

She's back! The crazed counter-culture heroine returns in another completely hatstand series of anarchic adventures, with a new introduction by Alan Martin, and previously unseen material from artist Jamie Hewlett! Join Tank Girl as she escapes from the asylum, goes back to comics school with Hewlett and Martin, meets Sheriff Harry Poussini, enjoys a 'Summer Love Sensation', and goes on the road with Jack and Neal in 'Blue Helmet'! Plus, detective adventures with Booga in 'Askey & Hunch', Hewlett and Martin's Guide to Joy, and much more - including a priceless chance to join Booga's Treehouse Club! Who could ask for more? Who would? Warning: Adults only!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Here in these newly minted Tank Girl editions stands Hewlett’s art as it was originally presented. Raw, powerful, and totally screwed-up bonkers. It’s beautiful black and white cartooning at its best and it’s one of the biggest reasons I fell in love with this book." - Ain't It Cool News --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Jamie Hewlett has worked on a wide variety of comics projects, including Fireball and 2000 AD's Hewligan's Haircut, and is now a household name owing to his design of the Gorillaz virtual pop group, soon to get their own show on MTV UK.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Titan Books (March 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 184023492X
• ISBN-13: 978-1840234923
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 0.3 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #670,578 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Printed Insanity, not for everyone, November 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Tank Girl 2 (Paperback)

Tank Girl is the epitome of a cult classic. It is definately not your traditional comic, there isn't much plot to speak of, nor is there much depth in the stories. This is not the book to read for concise social commentary or introspection. This magic of Tank Girl lies in its incredible art, cathartic writing, and the interaction between the numerous insane characters (as well as the characters and the creators). I would reccommend Tank Girl to someone with a very twisted sense of humor and an open mind. It's not for everyone, and does take a different mind set to appreciate. The only reason I do not give it 5 stars is that one or two of the stories in this book were a little too slow at points, and some of the pages were too cluttered. These are minor gripes, but I don't want to say it's a perfect collection. But worth the $.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Drug years???, July 24, 2009

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J. Fritz (Goodyear, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tank Girl 2 (Remastered Edition) (Bk. 2) (Paperback)

This compilation, like Volume 1, was put together very well with great side notes, an intro from Alan and other extras. They still give you the strips as they were originally drawn, but this was evidentally the point in time when they started to color the strips for Deadline.
Now, let's talk about the downsides of this book. The only complaints about it are really the content of the strip more than anything. This particular compilation seems to house the years of the series when Alan and Jamie were really experimenting as writers and artists, respectively, but also doing much of said experimenting alongside of narcotic experimentation. It references certain authors and movies these guys evidently thought were people to be worshipped (Jack Kerouac's work seems to be the big one), all the while luring the artwork in and out of a psychadelic montage. In fact, most of the book seemed like one big, horny acid trip to me. It started to get a little out of control around the middle. But as I said, earlier: This isn't so much a problem with the compilation so much as it is with the series. So, if you don't like the idea of Tank girl drifting away from the romping through the Outback and into psychological/psychosexual belches followed by 1950s "clean" time, followed by a big psychadelic mess and finally touched off with poverty in the snow jokes, you'd probably just be better off with Volume 1 and only volume 1 (of course, Volume 3 is still on the waiting time...).

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great read, December 12, 2008

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C. Clements "tgirl" (nc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tank Girl 2 (Paperback)

tank girl 2 was a really good graphic novel. i love every book in the series. the illustrations are very entertaining. all in all, a great read. i highly suggest it, that is if your into the hewlett-martin world.