Andy's review
Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits
by Art Spiegelman
Andy's review
Jack Cole and Plastic Man: Forms Stretched to Their Limits by Art Spiegelman
Andy's review
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bookshelves:
comix-novel
recommended for: 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 touching.
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 touching.


