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Pulphope: The Art of Paul Pope

This book was released in June, but I finally got my hands on a copy last month – and I’ve been browsing it ever since.

Pulphope: The Art of Paul Pope is an illustrated survey of Pope’s career, including illustrations from his major projects (100%, Batman: Year 100), sketches, unreleased comics, and some of his lesser known stuff – like his stint with Japanese manga mega-publisher, Kodansha, back in the mid 90s (“In which Pope produced hundreds of pages of material, only about a dozen pages have ever seen print” – from the jacket).

Lots of characteristically mystifying brush work from Pope, admirably printed on large pages (10.5 x 9.1) and in full colour. The stuff I dug the most were his personal essays about working in comics. Here’s a bit from an essay on his daily routine:

“There are different ways to work. I find the best is to do nothing but make comics for up to three days straight, breaking only ot eat and sleep. If it’s more than three days, the work’s usually no good, or worse, even bad.”

Like Process Recess by James Jean, this was released by indie comics publisher, Adhouse Books. Thanks, Adhouse, for the summer of love.

Related stuff:
Drawn: Paul Pope Blog
Pulphope: The BLOG of Paul Pope
Paul Pope on Flickr

  • http://lcsv4.com/ theApe

    When it came out I had to get a few copies to put up for sale in Shack29. It is a fantastic book!

  • http://lcsv4.com theApe

    When it came out I had to get a few copies to put up for sale in Shack29. It is a fantastic book!

  • http://www.rey-o.com/ reyortega

    i picked this up at TCAF. the best thing about this book is delving into his thoughts and process.

  • http://www.rey-o.com reyortega

    i picked this up at TCAF. the best thing about this book is delving into his thoughts and process.

  • http://www.jamietucker.com/ tucker

    I should have got this at TCAF

  • http://www.jamietucker.com tucker

    I should have got this at TCAF

  • http://anniematronic.blogspot.com/ Annie

    The book is spectacular, as is Paul Pope. I met him earlier in the month and he was nice enough to do a quick drawing in my sketchbook. All work I’ve done in that book since then looks like CRAP by comparison.

  • http://anniematronic.blogspot.com Annie

    The book is spectacular, as is Paul Pope. I met him earlier in the month and he was nice enough to do a quick drawing in my sketchbook. All work I’ve done in that book since then looks like CRAP by comparison.