Wild Palms/the Teleplay

by Bruce Wagner

The Screenplay of Wild Palms, with foreword by William Gibson.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Comix

260 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Bruce Wagner is the author of The Chrysanthemum Palace (a PEN Faulkner fiction award finalist); Still Holding; I'll Let You Go (a PEN USA fiction award finalist); I'm Losing You; and Force Majeure. He lives in Los Angeles.

Reviews

[Duncan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mind-bending, edge of your seat, timely - drug-fueled breakdown rampage with an abrupt end - loved every minute.

The dialogue was witty, esoteric, not too over the top.

The narrative hung together beautifully, always a risk in this genre.

Brutal and compelling evocation of the decadence and despair of Hollywood.

[Arthur B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bruce Wagner's original comic book serial is far superior to the muddled Oliver Stone miniseries it inspired. Full review: https://fakegeekboy.wordpress.com/202...

[Alasondro Alegré · Rating 3 out of 5]

★★★½

[Joey]

This graphic novel is what would happen if Philip K Dick lived to see Blade Runner. It rules.

[Antonis Lamnatos · Rating 2 out of 5]

Somehow it's even nuttier than the TV series, more focused on Harry's breakdown than the VR/TV/Celebrity/Religion/Drug themes. It even manages to explicitly reference its own TV adaptation.

[José Ignacio ZG · Rating 2 out of 5]

This does not say anything to anybody anymore, if it ever did. The artwork is quite interesting, though.

[Gabriel Antillano · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5.
Hollywood fever dream.

[Matt Webb · Rating 3 out of 5]

Awesome, but nuts and too subtle... unlike the TV series, which was too much about the drugs + VR instead of Harry's breakdown. Wagner's ideas are tremendous and his dialogue sparks with genius, but for some reason it falls short. Still one of my favourite stories. It says a lot about me that over the last few years I now identify less with Harry Wyckoff and more with Tony Kreutzer.

The art is perfect.

[Nicholas Mennuti · Rating 5 out of 5]

Even if he wasn't an amazing novelist, Wagner would be a God for the screenplay to this mid-90's mini-series. Decades ahead of it's time.

[Erik Laiho · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of dark, funny stuff here, although an editor would have really helped things. A great start, the plot is abandoned in the middle to return by the finish.

[Dony Grayman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Libros de Co y Co, #10.