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The Collected Toppi Vol 10: The Future Perfect
Master illustrator and storyteller Sergio Toppi turns his massive talent toward speculative science-fiction and fantasy in this new collection of nine short stories exploring where mankind may be headed and how it connects us to where we've been before.
These classic works have never been published in English until now. Toppi’s influence on the modern comic industry is supported by popular legends including Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave McKean, Walter Simonson, and Sean Gordon Murphy.
These classic works have never been published in English until now. Toppi’s influence on the modern comic industry is supported by popular legends including Frank Miller, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave McKean, Walter Simonson, and Sean Gordon Murphy.
120 pages, Hardcover
Published January 9, 2024
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About the author
Sergio Toppi
211 books109 followersSergio Toppi was an Italian illustrator and comics author from Milan.
Toppi's art style is known for its sophisticated compositions and an unmatched ability with hatching.
Young Toppi left his medical studies in the early 50's to pursue a career in illustration, which lasted until his death at age eighty. His illustrations were featured in many Italian newspapers, magazines and books.
Toppi also developed a comics career since the middle of the 60's. His body of work in comics is mostly composed of short stories on a wide range of subject matters, often in a historical or fantasy setting. Toppi's stories appeared in a number of Italian comics magazines, from the ones devoted to kids such as Il Corriere dei Piccoli and Il Giornalino, to those targeting a more mature or larger audience, like Sgt. Kirk, Linus, alter alter, Corto Maltese, L'Eternauta, Comic Art, Orient Express. For the latter magazine Toppi created in the 80's his only recurring comics character, called Il Collezionista (The Collector).
Toppi's art style is known for its sophisticated compositions and an unmatched ability with hatching.
Young Toppi left his medical studies in the early 50's to pursue a career in illustration, which lasted until his death at age eighty. His illustrations were featured in many Italian newspapers, magazines and books.
Toppi also developed a comics career since the middle of the 60's. His body of work in comics is mostly composed of short stories on a wide range of subject matters, often in a historical or fantasy setting. Toppi's stories appeared in a number of Italian comics magazines, from the ones devoted to kids such as Il Corriere dei Piccoli and Il Giornalino, to those targeting a more mature or larger audience, like Sgt. Kirk, Linus, alter alter, Corto Maltese, L'Eternauta, Comic Art, Orient Express. For the latter magazine Toppi created in the 80's his only recurring comics character, called Il Collezionista (The Collector).
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March 17, 2026
How do these Toppi collections keep getting better? All the elements of Toppi's work that I've come to love are taken to the next level here, from the clever morality tale narratives to the complex layouts and the use of composite patterns to define shape / texture. The exaggerated framing provided by the dreamlike and futuristic settings allow for Toppi to go wild with scale, form, and design in a way that is just captivating. Compositions have such varied and intriguing subject matter to boot, from bottle worlds to twisted landscapes and from gargantuan creatures to jetpack adorned paladins.
Narrative quality overall is quite consistent with previous volumes, though I feel like this collection is also more tonally varied. Multiple stories are unexpectedly cheeky, like one about a futuristic factory that sensually pines for the hands of its operator to manhandle it. Yet the anthology also has heady metaphysical vignettes and action forward space adventures, each bringing something novel narratively to the table.
Awesome stuff, just loved it.
Narrative quality overall is quite consistent with previous volumes, though I feel like this collection is also more tonally varied. Multiple stories are unexpectedly cheeky, like one about a futuristic factory that sensually pines for the hands of its operator to manhandle it. Yet the anthology also has heady metaphysical vignettes and action forward space adventures, each bringing something novel narratively to the table.
Awesome stuff, just loved it.
December 27, 2023
Keep in mind this is a relative 3 star review in the context of the entire series, of which I have skipped around a bit in my reading. Toppi's art and layouts are ALWAYS 5 stars, regardless of the subject matter. Sci-fi seems to be a lesser strength of his, and the stories lean towards satire more often than not. It reminds me of the sci-fi short story anthologies from the 60s and 70s I used to read as a youth: machines falling in love with people and that sort of thing.
You'll never waste your time on Toppi, though, so consider this a recommendation regardless.
You'll never waste your time on Toppi, though, so consider this a recommendation regardless.
January 27, 2024
The book is amazing as always; paper and print quality are poor
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