You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger Paul Pope than myself, so I'm sad to say, this book is extremely disappointing.
This book is printed on 80 lb text paper, the absolute thinnest paper available. It's akin to the kind of paper they print coupons on in your weekly circular. It's so thin, in fact, that you can see the image from the reverse side of the page right through the image you're trying to enjoy. Even the cover is an extremely thin cardstock. Add to that a really poor binding job, and what you've got is a book that likely won't last a week of actual reading. The humidity in the air was enough to mangle this book into a warped mess before I even opened my package.
On top of that, the reproductions are really sub par. I've always loved that Paul Pope prints a lot of his comics oversized, so when I first bought Battling Boy, I was pretty disappointed in how small it was. I was excited that this book would be a chance to really showcase the work in a more deserving format... but it doesn't.
Despite the book being 9x12 inches, the majority of the reproductions are printed at the same size as they appear in Battling Boy. The designer just left a bunch of blank page around the image! As for sharpness, the quality of the reproductions is extremely soft, as if they used the same exact scan from the smaller format.
I suspect the hardcore Paul Pope fan is going to buy this book regardless, and in all fairness, there are quite a few full bleed pages peppered throughout, as well as some preliminary concepts, which save this book from being a total failure.
Overall, this book is poorly designed, poorly printed, and lacks content... the absolute antithesis of what I've come to expect from our 'Pulp Hope'.
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You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger Paul Pope than myself, so I'm sad to say, this book is extremely disappointing.This book is printed on 80 lb text paper, the absolute thinnest paper available. It's akin to the kind of paper they print coupons on in your weekly circular. It's so thin, in fact, that you can see the image from the reverse side of the page right through the image you're trying to enjoy. Even the cover is an extremely thin cardstock. Add to that a really poor binding job, and what you've got is a book that likely won't last a week of actual reading. The humidity in the air was enough to mangle this book into a warped mess before I even opened my package.On top of that, the reproductions are really sub par. I've always loved that Paul Pope prints a lot of his comics oversized, so when I first bought Battling Boy, I was pretty disappointed in how small it was. I was excited that this book would be a chance to really showcase the work in a more deserving format... but it doesn't.Despite the book being 9x12 inches, the majority of the reproductions are printed at the same size as they appear in Battling Boy. The designer just left a bunch of blank page around the image! As for sharpness, the quality of the reproductions is extremely soft, as if they used the same exact scan from the smaller format.I suspect the hardcore Paul Pope fan is going to buy this book regardless, and in all fairness, there are quite a few full bleed pages peppered throughout, as well as some preliminary concepts, which save this book from being a total failure.Overall, this book is poorly designed, poorly printed, and lacks content... the absolute antithesis of what I've come to expect from our 'Pulp Hope'.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 8, 2014
You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger Paul Pope than myself, so I'm sad to say, this book is extremely disappointing.
This book is printed on 80 lb text paper, the absolute thinnest paper available. It's akin to the kind of paper they print coupons on in your weekly circular. It's so thin, in fact, that you can see the image from the reverse side of the page right through the image you're trying to enjoy. Even the cover is an extremely thin cardstock. Add to that a really poor binding job, and what you've got is a book that likely won't last a week of actual reading. The humidity in the air was enough to mangle this book into a warped mess before I even opened my package.
On top of that, the reproductions are really sub par. I've always loved that Paul Pope prints a lot of his comics oversized, so when I first bought Battling Boy, I was pretty disappointed in how small it was. I was excited that this book would be a chance to really showcase the work in a more deserving format... but it doesn't.
Despite the book being 9x12 inches, the majority of the reproductions are printed at the same size as they appear in Battling Boy. The designer just left a bunch of blank page around the image! As for sharpness, the quality of the reproductions is extremely soft, as if they used the same exact scan from the smaller format.
I suspect the hardcore Paul Pope fan is going to buy this book regardless, and in all fairness, there are quite a few full bleed pages peppered throughout, as well as some preliminary concepts, which save this book from being a total failure.
Overall, this book is poorly designed, poorly printed, and lacks content... the absolute antithesis of what I've come to expect from our 'Pulp Hope'.
This book is printed on 80 lb text paper, the absolute thinnest paper available. It's akin to the kind of paper they print coupons on in your weekly circular. It's so thin, in fact, that you can see the image from the reverse side of the page right through the image you're trying to enjoy. Even the cover is an extremely thin cardstock. Add to that a really poor binding job, and what you've got is a book that likely won't last a week of actual reading. The humidity in the air was enough to mangle this book into a warped mess before I even opened my package.
On top of that, the reproductions are really sub par. I've always loved that Paul Pope prints a lot of his comics oversized, so when I first bought Battling Boy, I was pretty disappointed in how small it was. I was excited that this book would be a chance to really showcase the work in a more deserving format... but it doesn't.
Despite the book being 9x12 inches, the majority of the reproductions are printed at the same size as they appear in Battling Boy. The designer just left a bunch of blank page around the image! As for sharpness, the quality of the reproductions is extremely soft, as if they used the same exact scan from the smaller format.
I suspect the hardcore Paul Pope fan is going to buy this book regardless, and in all fairness, there are quite a few full bleed pages peppered throughout, as well as some preliminary concepts, which save this book from being a total failure.
Overall, this book is poorly designed, poorly printed, and lacks content... the absolute antithesis of what I've come to expect from our 'Pulp Hope'.
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