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Jimbo in Purgatory Hardcover – July 27, 2004

by Gary Panter (Author)

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by Gary Panter
Presented in a huge, oversize hardcover format, Jimbo in Purgatory is an art object, a brilliant literary game, a visual feast, and the most eye-popping, visually and verbally challenging, and memorable new graphic novel of the year. Includes a tipped-in signed 5" x 6" wood-engraving print of Jimbo never before reproduced anywhere else.

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40 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Fantagraphics Books
Publication date

July 27, 2004
Dimensions

12 x 17.25 inches
ISBN-10

1560975725
ISBN-13

978-1560975724
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Panter has been a leading figure in underground comics for more than 25 years, and he's had a profound influence on everyone from Chris Ware to Matt Groening. He's generally credited with giving a graphic identity to the L.A. punk scene, and he was the lead designer for the vibrant world of the television show Pee Wee's Playhouse. Like R. Crumb, Panter stands as a beacon of artistic and literary genius in the medium. This oversized work is an amalgamation of Dante's Purgatorio, Boccaccio's Decameron, Panter's own fictional universe and various pop culture icons. Jimbo, a cross between Candide and Virgil, makes his way through a vast science fiction–like infotainment-testing center constructed as Mount Purgatory. Here Jimbo encounters Frank Zappa, John and Yoko, robots and dragons, among others, and each character is a stand-in for a personage in Dante's Divine Comedy. They each quote a fragment of text (cited at the bottom of each page) that furthers the plot. It's a complicated, often hilarious method of dialogue, combining poetic allusiveness with surreal game playing. The artwork is some of Panter's best: tight, almost 19th-century–style renderings in a page layout that combines illuminated manuscripts with turn-of-the-century comic strips, each page serving as both a single complete composition and a storytelling device. This is an unprecedented approach to page design, and it makes for a fluid, immersing read. Easily the best graphic novel released this year, Jimbo in Purgatory should be read and savored for a long time.
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His drawing can be at once wretchedly grotesque, unfathomably charming; he delights in the underbelly and revels in the prosaic. -- Steven Heller

When I saw it, I broke out into the cold sweat that real art can bring on. -- Art Spiegelman

Publisher : Fantagraphics Books; 1st Fantagraphics Books Ed edition (July 27, 2004)
Language : English
Hardcover : 40 pages
ISBN-10 : 1560975725
ISBN-13 : 978-1560975724
Item Weight : 2.34 pounds
Dimensions : 12 x 17.25 inches

Best Sellers Rank: #3,807,416 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1,690 in Fantagraphics Comics & Graphic Novels
- #1,907 in Graphic Novel Adaptations
- #343,042 in Science Fiction & Fantasy (Books)

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Ioannis Papaloizou

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Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015

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D. Rocco

Lost in Pop Purgatory!!!

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2004

Weeewh! I'll not use too many words to say that this book is simply amazing... so clever, so rich, so well-done, so brainy, so quirky... and full of many literary and pop references (from Milton to Tiny Tim, from Godzilla to Chaucer, from "Westworld" to Frank Zappa... and much much more). Also Beautiful packaged and with a classy gilded cover! Great work Mr. Panter, you're always one of the coolest guys around... great work man!

Buy it or die (and eventually go to the real Purgatory)!!!

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