Jimbo - Adventures in Paradise (discounted) - Gary Panter
Jimbo: Adventures in Paradise by Gary Panter / ISBN 9781681375267 / 104-page paperback with flaps, 9 x 12 inches, published by New York Review Comics / discounted copies with a red remainder dot & corner dents, still overall nice, unread copies *** A futuristic punk ventures through a madcap, dystopian fantasia in this astounding work of comics literature by a celebrated artist and illustrator. Gary Panter is one of America’s great creative forces: the illustrator for the trailblazing punk magazine Slash, set designer for the legendary TV show Pee-wee’s Playhouse, and one of the wildest, most innovative comics artists of all time. Jimbo: Adventures in Paradise is a leap into the uproarious life of Panter’s ever-cheerful punk everyman, Jimbo, and a perfect introduction to Panter’s ever-shifting style. Amid a jumbled cityscape of rundown New York City streets and futuristic Los Angeles freeways, Jimbo crowd-surfs at a riot, makes amends with Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy, and rescues his