POP #4
Satisfying to the last drop.
Writer: Curt Pires
Artist: Jason Copland
Publisher: Dark Horse
Pires and Copland deliver a stunningly good, and fitting finale to a story that surprised me in ways I still don't totally understand.
Pires says this isn't the end, it's the beginning. I hope that's true or at least indicative of something more coming from this world, from these two men who so perfectly crafted a world I didn't know could so directly affect my own. When I started this book, I thought it would be a quirky and fun meditation on celebrity culture with a nice 90's grunge tinge. I didn't think that I would feel so deeply connected to Coop like I do. He's an everyman, one that has flaws and is clearly disconnected from the world around him. I often feel the same way, broken and downtrodden, only half responding to things unless they truly grab my attetion. Coop found something that grabbed his attention in that first issue of this story and he didn't let go. Pires guiding him the whole way. The lilting narration, loose and floating through this piece, free form prose in a way, meditating on reality and truth, is a poignant piece of work about our modern day and the realities we avoid. At times, I thought I was putting myself too much into this, seeing things that weren't there, making more of this collection of words and images than I shouldve. That was until Pires final word at the end. This whole thing, about truth and heroism, a deeper sense of justice. About love, in the form of Coop and his Pop heroine and those two black haired killers so entangled in eachother and about the love those greasy, murderous boss men have for their insidious corporations. This book becomes more than the sum of its parts guided by Pires and it deserves some quiet meditation on its themes and images. Coop's story is almost a figurehead for something much bigger, something so carefully touched on in this final issue in a beautiful way.
Copland complimenting that beauty perfectly. A world brought to life by his lines. This final issue really shows off everything he's capable of, too. It's the cherry on top of a very beautiful and profound work. Really take time to revel in this imagery, in the things Copland plays around with, form, shape, story telling both fluid and rigid. It's a lofty feat to match the efforts that Pires put into this book but Copland does it perfectly. The final ride into the sunset both for our characters and for this story, a perfect example of Copland's sense of time, space, place and pace.
Buy this book. Read it. Read it again. Think on it. Read it again.
Writer: Curt Pires
Artist: Jason Copland
Publisher: Dark Horse
Pires and Copland deliver a stunningly good, and fitting finale to a story that surprised me in ways I still don't totally understand.
Pires says this isn't the end, it's the beginning. I hope that's true or at least indicative of something more coming from this world, from these two men who so perfectly crafted a world I didn't know could so directly affect my own. When I started this book, I thought it would be a quirky and fun meditation on celebrity culture with a nice 90's grunge tinge. I didn't think that I would feel so deeply connected to Coop like I do. He's an everyman, one that has flaws and is clearly disconnected from the world around him. I often feel the same way, broken and downtrodden, only half responding to things unless they truly grab my attetion. Coop found something that grabbed his attention in that first issue of this story and he didn't let go. Pires guiding him the whole way. The lilting narration, loose and floating through this piece, free form prose in a way, meditating on reality and truth, is a poignant piece of work about our modern day and the realities we avoid. At times, I thought I was putting myself too much into this, seeing things that weren't there, making more of this collection of words and images than I shouldve. That was until Pires final word at the end. This whole thing, about truth and heroism, a deeper sense of justice. About love, in the form of Coop and his Pop heroine and those two black haired killers so entangled in eachother and about the love those greasy, murderous boss men have for their insidious corporations. This book becomes more than the sum of its parts guided by Pires and it deserves some quiet meditation on its themes and images. Coop's story is almost a figurehead for something much bigger, something so carefully touched on in this final issue in a beautiful way.
Copland complimenting that beauty perfectly. A world brought to life by his lines. This final issue really shows off everything he's capable of, too. It's the cherry on top of a very beautiful and profound work. Really take time to revel in this imagery, in the things Copland plays around with, form, shape, story telling both fluid and rigid. It's a lofty feat to match the efforts that Pires put into this book but Copland does it perfectly. The final ride into the sunset both for our characters and for this story, a perfect example of Copland's sense of time, space, place and pace.
Buy this book. Read it. Read it again. Think on it. Read it again.
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