Comics
Top Shelf collects 'Superf*ckers'
Published Monday, Mar 1 2010, 08:24 GMT | By Hugh Armitage
Top Shelf will collect comic creator and musician James Kochalka's Superf*ckers miniseries.
The book will include the American Elf creator's four-issue series as well as the new Jack Krak one-shot.
Superf*ckers is the story of a team of foul-mouthed young superheroes too distracted with their own interests to focus on fighting crime.
"It's the best superhero book of the past 1000 years," Kochalka told Robot 6.
"But it's also more. On the surface it's fun and breezy romp, but underneath it's a layered satire of American society, the comic book scene, power and pathos and the human condition.
"It is an extremely difficult book to write and draw. I try to make it look smooth and easy, but juggling all those characters and still keeping the narrative clear is an exhausting task.
"The narrative could so easily get completely murky and confused, or veer off into complete dead ends if I'm not careful."
Superf*ckers will be released later this month.
The book will include the American Elf creator's four-issue series as well as the new Jack Krak one-shot.
Superf*ckers is the story of a team of foul-mouthed young superheroes too distracted with their own interests to focus on fighting crime.
"It's the best superhero book of the past 1000 years," Kochalka told Robot 6.
"But it's also more. On the surface it's fun and breezy romp, but underneath it's a layered satire of American society, the comic book scene, power and pathos and the human condition.
"It is an extremely difficult book to write and draw. I try to make it look smooth and easy, but juggling all those characters and still keeping the narrative clear is an exhausting task.
"The narrative could so easily get completely murky and confused, or veer off into complete dead ends if I'm not careful."
Superf*ckers will be released later this month.
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