Product Description

This second collection of Evan Dorkin's Power Corp$! series traces the shift in his work from slapstick space adventures to character-driven tales against a backdrop of lost loves, girl ska bands, hockey fights, and getting lost in the supermarket of the future. Collecting the Slave labor issues of Pirate Corp$! Special and regular series numbers one through four, plus pinups, rare promo art, and a gallery of Hectic Planet-related album and flyer art.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1810431 in Books
• Published on: 1998-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

From the Inside Flap
Welcome to the future, where robots serve man, man chases woman--and woman breaks up with him. A future where the homeless live in miles-long supermarkets, aliens form ska bands, and aimless youth wander the crowded nightclubs, skways and streets of a pop-culture obsessed universe.

Customer Reviews

Dorkin Hits His Stride....
After reading the AWFUL Hectic Planet: Dim Future, I was less than thrilled that I had purchased all the volumes of Dorkin's Sci-Fi satire. The book was derivative, lifeless, and unfunny. I started reading Checkered Past with a sense of dread....

Well, I needn't have worried, because Dorkin obviously found his voice after those initial issues. This book is touching, funny, and well-done all around.

In Book Two, we follow the crew of The Jersey devil as they try to get off of the planet they're stuck on, see the next phase of the disastrous relationship between Halby and the lovely/crazy Elsie, watch Ron make a Hockey comeback, meet the hilarious "Fibby", and go for a 36-Hour shopping spree in the biggest supermarket EVER. The jokes all hit the mark, and despite the Sci-Fi trappings, Halby and Elsie's doomed love is really Heart-rending to watch. What guy couldn't identify with Halby...? My only beef is that Evan seems to have forgotten about the T.A.N.C..........(Also, be on the lookout for a cameo by the great Cowboy Wally!)

The funniest comic artist around.
This is the best of Evan Dorkin's work. If you like Milk and Cheese, Hectic Planet, Pirate Corp$ or Dork check this out.