Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits
by Art Spiegelman, Chip Kidd
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Read in March, 2008
I wish Art Spiegelman were more of a psycho-sexual nutcase: that would have informed his (relatively dry) fanboy narrative here, and possibly given more light to Jack Cole's phony sobersides life, freaky creations, and mysterious suicide. Yet the Chip Kidd visuals make an enthusiastic argument that Cole was a total original, and Plastic Man (plus scrotum-faced sidekick Woozy Winks) were o...more
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During the Golden Age of Comics, Jack Cole exploded onto the scene with the creation of one of the seminal super-hero creations Plastic Man. Not just the first pliable hero, Cole’s creation was an artist tour-de-force and ranks up there with Eisner’s Spirit and Kane’s Batman as the most influential comic book creations of the 1940's. Jack Cole and Plastic Man by Art Spiegelman (a modern comic book legend himself) and Chip Kidd celebrates and honors the kooky character and his crea...more
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Read in May, 2008
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Read in July, 2001
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golden age comic fans, Jack Cole
Eye-popping collection/biography on Plastic Man and his creator, Jack Cole. The book celebrates his work while investigating the reasons for his suicide by reprinting several disturbing images and stories that this seemingly happy-go-lucky cartoonist created.
The book is printed on slick paper while the comics are printed on crude pulp stock. Cole's suicide is made all the more disturbing by Chip Kidd's creepy collages. Highly recommended, and Hugh Hefner's thoughts of him are genuinely touchi...more
The book is printed on slick paper while the comics are printed on crude pulp stock. Cole's suicide is made all the more disturbing by Chip Kidd's creepy collages. Highly recommended, and Hugh Hefner's thoughts of him are genuinely touchi...more
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everybody loves chip kidd's graphic design, chopping the hell out of images. me, i don't get it. still, its good to see jack cole's classic hero from the time when comic books could get away with being really comic instead of dark and disturbed.
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Read in January, 2006
See how and why Jack Cole created one of the greates superheroes. Plastic Man pushed the envelope during pre comics code world. Cole's work with E.C. horror comics and his Playboy work.
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Read in June, 2005
I would love to read about the joyful life of a cartoonist someday but I guess I'll have to keep looking. Cole's Playboy cartoons were amazing, by the way.
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