Roopert

  Color cover, two color interior. 56 pages. Magazine size. Via Domino Books- "Whoa nellie! When I first heard about plans for this comic almost a year prior to its publication, I was very excited. A full length August Lipp comic was something to look forward to indeed. Not only does the reality of this book does not disappoint, it confounds, expands and twists your expectations into a hulking work of art. Lipp is beyond ambitious here...a giant of a comic (56 pages!), Roopert explodes with ideas in every panel---as concepts, characters and feelings cross pollinate & build into a frenzy, a lesser artist would crumble underneath the detail and scale of what's at stake here. And even if they DID crumble, the book would be a singular achievement. Lipp makes it all gel together into something genuinely unique. The story concerns anthropomorphic school children and their teachers, alerting us to Lipp's nod to comic strip history (the size and length of the book feels very 'Dell comics a