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You Shall Die by Your Own Evil Creation!
Fletcher Hanks was the first great comic book auteur. That is, hewrote, penciled, inked, and lettered all of his own stories. Hecompleted an astonishing 48 stories in three years from 1939-1941. As aone-man-cartooning-band, his work packs the wallop of a unique andunified artistic vision. He was a true comics visionary. In theearliest days of the comic book, before censors...more
Paperback, 240 pages
Published
June 30th 2009
by Fantagraphics Books
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I enjoyed the balls-out loony 2007 collection I SHALL DESTROY ALL THE CIVILIZED PLANETS! was so greatly that I awarded it the title of "Comic Book of the Year" after wallowing naked in its clearly insane glory. Now comes a sequel book, bringing us over two-hundred more pages crafted from the gonzo imagination of Golden Age anti-wunderkind Fletcher Hanks. My review the previous collection gives you all the background you need, but for those of you already familiar with Hanks' singular c...more
Fletcher Hanks is an unlikely genius. Beyond the apparent crudeness of his work (both in the drawing and the writing), there is a relentless energy. After finishing each comic in this volume, I was buzzing with excitement. It is the kind of work I wanted to show my friends (and did show my friends, who thumbed through the illustrations, pointing and laughing and "holy shitting"). It's sad that this is the last volume of Hanks' collected comics, but I can't recommend it enough. Thi...more
I appreciate the inclusion of the introduction in this collection. After finishing I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets, I found myself unsatisfied in what I knew about the history of the collection and Fletcher Hanks himself.
These stories are amazing for their craziness. It's hard to read more than a couple one after another. I put the book down between comics in order to enjoy each one.
These stories are amazing for their craziness. It's hard to read more than a couple one after another. I put the book down between comics in order to enjoy each one.
Cartoony, surreal, violent, larger than life and brilliant!
From all accounts, Fletcher Hanks did a lot of self medicating, was a deadbeat dad and husband and quite possibly insane, but despite that, or maybe because of that, he created some amazing comics.
The stories are formulaic and the art is cartoony, but all that is done while presenting some of the purest comic book stories you will ever read.
Nothing included in these stories is based in realism or explanation of super ...more
From all accounts, Fletcher Hanks did a lot of self medicating, was a deadbeat dad and husband and quite possibly insane, but despite that, or maybe because of that, he created some amazing comics.
The stories are formulaic and the art is cartoony, but all that is done while presenting some of the purest comic book stories you will ever read.
Nothing included in these stories is based in realism or explanation of super ...more
A work of true unadulterated genius, Hanks was born to write comics, to tell stories. He has no interest in what is the norm, no care for guidelines or regulations. He cares about one thing- makin' money to buy booze. The boozehound has killed the meticulous crew-cut boyscouts that created shit like superman and Archie and left their entrails all over the streets of LA. I would fucking die for a chance to look at that brain!
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The Fletcher Hanks Template: evil is detected from a remote location, civilization is threatened with unspeakable horrors, battles are fought between anatomically-surreal heroes and grotesque monsters, good celebrates an unsettlingly gruesome victory. "You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation" plays and replays that template with a revolving cast of characters to such an extent that it smacks of pathology. Fascinating.
This book is well-known because of the extraordinarily well-written preface and afterword. Well done, author. But Fletcher Hanks is still a minimal talent who contains only modest pleasures.
"Not so fast there, smart guy! I don't like the way you do business, and I don't like your face!! I can't change your business methods, but- I can change your face!! And how!"
More insanity from Fletcher Hanks. The only thing that makes this one less fun than the previous volume is that it contains a few too many "Big Red McLane" stories. Otherwise, this is chock-full of bizarre and depraved nightmare images and plotless violence. Awesome.
Some of the weirdest comics I have read. An enjoyable read and an adventure in the bizarre mind of Fletcher Hanks.
More incredible madness from Hanks. Some of the strangest things I've ever seen.
So entertainingly batshit.
classic...
More top-notch bizarro comics from the Fletcher Hanks archives.
Best.
This was great. Very weird stuff, very enjoyable. An interesting peek into a little-known part of comics history.
"Outsider-y" sci-fi & adventure comics from 39-41. Wonderfully awkward drawings & punchy colors. Everyone should be acquainted with Fletcher Hanks!
not quite as outlandish as i hoped it would be...the guy's really angry, though!
Big Red McClane, King of the Northwoods, really shines in this volume.
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