Paul Pope (born September 25, 1970, in

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) is an

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. Pope's work combines the precision and romance of

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artists with the energy and page design of the

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tradition. Pope's two protagonist types are the silent, lanky outsider male of ''One-Trick Ripoff'', ''Escapo'' and ''Heavy Liquid''; or the resourceful, aggressive, humorous young teenage girls of '' THB''. He has self-published some of his work, most notably ''THB'', through his own Horse Press, with other work for such publishers as

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and

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Early life

Born in

, Pope grew up in

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, with stops in

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, and

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in between. He describes his influences as Daniel Torres,

Bruno Premiani Giordano Bruno Premiani (January 4, 1907 – August 17, 1984)
at the Lambiek Comiclopedia, which notes, "Most American sources ...

Jack Kirby Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg; August 28, 1917 – February 6, 1994) was an American comic book artist, writer and editor, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He gr ...

Alex Toth Alexander Toth (June 25, 1928 – May 27, 2006) was an American cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but he is also known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout ...

Tony Salmons Thomas Anthony "Tony" Salmons (born January 1, 1957) is an American alternative comic book artist, film storyboard artist and character designer. Biography Born in Rolla, Missouri, Salmons grew up in Casa Grande, Arizona, with stops in New York ...

Hugo Pratt Ugo Eugenio Prat, better known as Hugo Pratt (15 June 1927 – 20 August 1995), was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as ''Corto Maltese''. He was ind ...

, Silvio Cadelo,

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, and

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Career

Pope introduced '' THB'' in 1995, the same year he began work for

Kodansha is a Japanese privately-held publishing company headquartered in Bunkyō, Tokyo. Kodansha is the largest Japanese publishing company, and it produces the manga magazines ''Nakayoshi'', ''Afternoon'', ''Evening'', ''Weekly Shōnen Magazine'' an ...

, Japan's

publisher. Pope eventually developed the manga '' Supertrouble'' for Kodansha, which mined the "cutie-pie" girl adventure vein that ''THB'' exists in. His storytelling narratives continue to mature with well-paced, deftly-shaded combinations of

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, hardboiled crime stories and the

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archetype. Pope's ''One-Trick Ripoff'' was published by

Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon comic book shops known ...

, and ''

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'' and '' 100%'' were published under

imprint. In 2006, Pope received an

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for Best Short Story for his work, "Teenage Sidekick", published in ''

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'' #3. In 2007, Pope won two additional Eisners, Best Writer/Artist and Best Limited Series, for his

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mini-series, '' Batman: Year 100''. Discussing the story, which is set in 2039, one hundred years after the first appearance of the caped crusader, Pope said: "I wanted to present a new take on Batman, who is without a doubt a mythic figure in our pop-psyche. My Batman is not only totally

, he's also a very physical

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: he bleeds, he sweats, he eats. He's someone born into an overarching

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; someone with the body of

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, the brain of Tesla, and the wealth of

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... pretending to be

Nosferatu ''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' (German: ''Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens'') is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife ...

." The story, colored by

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, was originally presented in a four-part prestige format in 2006. DC Comics later published a trade paperback collecting ''Batman: Year 100'' in early 2007. The trade also includes Pope's "Berlin Batman" story from ''

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'' No. 11. "Berlin Batman" involves a version of Batman who lives in the German

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on the eve of

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. The Weimar Batman helps keep the papers of

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economist

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from falling into

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hands. Both Batman stories in the collection reflect implicit

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themes that often appear in Pope's work. He also wrote ''Endgame'' for

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's website and came up with the character Orcelot Rex. Aside from comics, in the fall of 2006 Pope worked with Italian clothing company

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on a big store installation during their fall fashion week campaign, and a screenprint series based on their 'Chelsea Hotel' campaign as a 51st birthday present to Diesel's founder,

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. In the fall of 2008, Pope went a step further by partnering with

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to create the DKNY:2089 collection. Pope's first art book, titled '' Pulphope: The Art of Paul Pope'', came out in June 2007. A collection of his most representative work, the 224-page hardcover was published by

AdHouse Books AdHouse Books was an independent comic book publisher based in Richmond, Virginia. It was founded in 2002 by graphic designer Chris Pitzer. AdHouse was known primarily as a publisher of graphic novels, beginning with 2002's '' Pulpatoon: Pilgri ...

. In 2009, Pope was featured in ''

The Cartoonist ''The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone and the Changing Face of Comics'' is a 2009 documentary about the life and art of Jeff Smith, the creator of the ''Bone'' comic series and described as one of America's greatest living cartoonists. The feature- ...

,'' a documentary film on the life and work of cartoonist Jeff Smith. Pope spoke at the 2005 New York and 2006 Sydney Semi-Permanent creative conference. In 2010, Pope served as a Master Artist with the

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Awards

* 2000

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Lulu of the Year nomination * 2006

for Best Short Story: "Teenaged Sidekick" in ''

'' #3 (DC Comics) * 2007 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series: '' Batman: Year 100'' * 2007 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist: ''Batman: Year 100'' * 2010

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(

National Cartoonists Society The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ...

) for Best Comic Book for '' Strange Adventures'' * 2014 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens: '' Battling Boy''

Bibliography

Horse Press

*'' Sin Titulo'' (w/a,

graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...

, 76 pages, 1993, ) *''The Corruptor]'' (w/a, 1993) *''The Ballad of Doctor Richardson'' (w/a, 1994)"Paul Pope to Release Dr. Richardson," ''The Comics Journal'' #163 (Nov. 1993), p. 25. *'' THB'' (w/a): **''Volume 1'' #1-5 (1994–1995) **''Giant THB Parade'' (1996) **''P-City Parade'' (1997) **''Giant THB Circus'' (1998) **''Mars' Mightiest Mek'' (one-shot, 2000) **''Mek-Power'' #6a-6d (2000–2002) **''Volume 2'' #1 (2003) *'' PulpHope, PulpHope 96/7'' (w/a, 1996) *''Buzz Buzz Comics Magazine'' (w/a, with various writers and artists, 1996) *''Escapo'' (w/a, graphic novel, 112 pages, 1999, )

DC Comics/Vertigo

*''

The Big Book of ''The Big Book Of'' is a series of graphic novel anthologies published by American company DC Comics imprint Paradox Press. Publication history The ''Big Books'' were published between 1994 and 2000. Just over half of them (ten out of seventeen) ...

...'' (a,

Paradox Press Paradox Press was a division of DC Comics formed in 1993 after editor Mark Nevelow departed from Piranha Press. Under the initial editorship of Andrew Helfer and Bronwyn Carlton the imprint was renamed. It is best known for graphic novels like '' ...

): ** "Harry Reichenbach: Hollywood's King of Ballyhoo!!" (with Carl Sifakis, in ''The Big Book of Hoaxes'', 1996) ** "Glam Rock" (with

Jonathan Vankin Jonathan Vankin is an American author, journalist and comic book writer/editor. Biography Vankin is best known for his books '' Conspiracies, Cover-Ups and Crimes'' and, with co-writer John Whalen, the '' Greatest Conspiracies'' series, beginning ...

, in ''The Big Book of the '70s'', 2000) *''Vertigo: Winter's Edge'' #1: "Tell Me" (a, with Paul Jenkins, 1998) *

: **''

'' #11: " The Berlin Batman" (w/a, 1998) **'' Batman: Gotham Knights'' #3: "Broken Nose" (w/a, 2000) collected in ''Black & White Volume 2'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2003, ) **'' Batman: Turning Points'' #5: "Old as the Stars" (a, with

Greg Rucka Gregory Rucka (born November 29, 1969) is an American writer known for the series of novels starring his character Atticus Kodiak, the creator-owned comic book series '' Whiteout'', ''Queen & Country'', '' Stumptown'' and '' Lazarus'', as well as ...

, 2000) collected in ''Turning Points'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2007, ) **'' Batman: Year 100'' #1-4 (w/a, 2006) collected as ''Year 100'' (tpb, 232 pages, 2007, ) *''

'' #1-5 (w/a, 1999–2000) collected as ''Heavy Liquid'' (tpb, 240 pages, 2001, ; hc, 256 pages, 2008, ) *'' 100%'' #1-5 (w/a, 2002–2003) collected as ''100%'' (tpb, 240 pages, 2005, ; hc, 2009, ) *''

Weird War Tales ''Weird War Tales'' was a war comic book title with supernatural overtones published by DC Comics. It was published from September–October 1971 to June 1983. Publication history The original title ran for 12 years and 124 issues. It was ...

Special'': "Mind Field" (a, with Bruce Jones, 2000) *''Young Heroes: Fall Fashion 2000'' (a, with Heather Elizaldi, a 4-page advertisement ran through all DC books dated October, 2000) *''

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'' #55: "The Further Adventures of Danny Nod, Heroic Library Assistant" (a, with

Bill Willingham William Willingham (born 1956) is an American writer and artist of comics, known for his work on the series ''Elementals (Comico Comics), Elementals'' and ''Fables (comics), Fables''. Career William Willingham was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. ...

, among other artists, 2000) *''

Weird Western Tales ''Weird Western Tales'' is a Western genre comics anthology published by DC Comics from June–July 1972 to August 1980. It is best known for featuring the adventures of Jonah Hex until #38 (Jan.–Feb. 1977) when the character was promoted to hi ...

'' #1: "Tall Tale" (w/a, 2000) *''

Bizarro Comics Bizarro () is a supervillain/anti-hero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The character was created by writer Otto Binder and artist George Papp as a "mirror image" of Superman, and first appeared in ''Superboy'' #68 (1958 ...

'': "Help! Superman!" (a, with Jeff Smith, anthology graphic novel, hc, 224 pages, 2001, ) *''

'' #3 (w/a, 2005) *''

Wednesday Comics ''Wednesday Comics'' was a weekly anthology comic book launched by DC Comics on July 8, 2009. The twelve issues of the title were published in 14" x 20" broadsheet format, deliberately similar to Sunday newspaper comics sections. Each edition f ...

'' #1-12: "Adam Strange" (w/a, 2009) collected in ''Wednesday Comics'' (hc, 200 pages, 2009, ) *'' Ghosts'': "Treasure Lost" (w/a, with

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, 2012)

Other US publishers

*''

Negative Burn ''Negative Burn'' is a black-and-white anthology comic book published beginning in 1993 by Caliber Press, and subsequently by Image Comics and Desperado Publishing. Edited by Joe Pruett, ''Negative Burn'' is noted for its eclectic range of genres, ...

'' (

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): ** "Eulogy to Marx" (w/a, in #12, 1994) ** "The Triumph of Hunger" (w/a, in #13, 1994) ** "Rotten Hubert" (w/a, in #18, 1994) ** "Portrait of a Girl With an Unpronounceable Name" (w/a, in #20, 1995) ** "The Visible Man" (w/a, in #21, 1995) ** "Armadillo/The Island" (a, with Francis Richardson, in #23, 1995) ** "Gangster Strip Dragway" (w/a, in #24, 1995) ** "Strip for 6.30.93" (w/a, in #25, 1995) *''

Dark Horse Presents ''Dark Horse Presents'' was a comic book published by American company Dark Horse Comics from 1986. Their first published series, it was their flagship title until its September 2000 cancellation. The second incarnation was published on MySpace, r ...

'' (w/a,

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): ** "Pistachio!!" (in ''v1'' #100-0, 1995) ** "Yes" (in ''v1'' #100-2, 1995) ** "Pan-Fried Girl" (with Jeff Smith, in ''v1'' #100-5, 1995) ** "The One Trick Rip-Off" (in ''v1'' #101-112, 1995–1996) collected as ''The One Trick Rip-Off'' (tpb, 104 pages, 1997, ) ** "Four Cats" (in ''Annual'' '97, 1998) ** "1969" (in ''v2'' #9, 2012) *'' Roarin' Rick's Rare Bit Fiends'' #9: "Untitled" (w/a, King Hell, 1995) *'' Dirty Stories'' #1: "Ukieo-E-Pope" (w/a,

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, 1997) *''

Oni Double Feature An is a kind of ''yōkai'', demon, orc, ogre, or troll in Japanese folklore. Oni are mostly known for their fierce and evil nature manifested in their propensity for murder and cannibalism. Notwithstanding their evil reputation, oni possess ...

'' #2-3: "Car Crash" (w/a,

Oni Press Oni Press is an American independent comic book and graphic novel publisher based in Portland, Oregon. In 2019, it became an imprint label following the company's merger with Lion Forge Comics. The merged company, Oni–Lion Forge Publishing Grou ...

, 1998) *'' The Spirit: The New Adventures'' #7: "The Ghost of Tiger Traps" (a, with

Jay Stephens Jay Stephens (born March 22, 1971) is a Canadian cartoonist and animator currently living in Guelph, Ontario. He is best known as the creator of Discovery Kids's animated television series ''Tutenstein'' , Cartoon Network's ''The Secret Saturda ...

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, 1998) collected in ''Will Eisner's The Spirit Archives Volume 27'' (hc, 200 pages,

, 2009, ) *''

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'' #36: "Woah! Just 36 Seconds to Diffuse This TNT!!" (w/a,

Cartoon Books Jeff Smith (born February 27, 1960) is an American cartoonist. He is best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series ''Bone''. Early life Jeff Smith was born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania to William Earl Smith and Barbara Goods ...

, 1999) *''

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'' #5: "Airplanes" (w/a,

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, 2001) *''Michael Neno's Reactionary Tales'' #1 :"The Ballad of Michael Neno" (w/a, Neno Productions, 2001) *

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: **''

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'' #15: "The Collaborator" (w/a, 2002) collected in ''Volume 3'' (tpb, 160 pages, 2002, ) **'' Captain America: Red, White & Blue'': "Faces" (w/a, graphic novel, hc, 192 pages, 2002, ) **''

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'' #5: "The Mysterious Fan Boy" (a, with

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, 2003) collected in ''Good Omens'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2003, ) **''

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'' #543: "A Day at the Races!" (w/a, 2007) collected in ''Civil War'' (tpb, 176 pages, 2007, ) **''

Strange Tales ''Strange Tales'' is a Marvel Comics anthology series. The title was revived in different forms on multiple occasions. Doctor Strange and Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. made their debuts in ''Strange Tales''. It was a showcase for the science ...

'' #1: "Untitled" (w/a, 2009) collected in ''Strange Tales'' (hc, 192 pages, 2010, ; tpb, 2010, ) *'' Rosetta: A Comics Anthology Volume 2'' (w/a, anthology graphic novel, 268 pages,

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, 2004, ) *

: **''Project: Superior'': "The Rest of Xondex-Xomax" (w/a, anthology graphic novel, 288 pages, 2005, ) **'' PulpHope: The Art of Paul Pope'' (w/a, graphic novel, 224 pages, 2007, ) **'' THB: Comics from Mars'' #1-2 (w/a, 2007–2010) *''

The Lone Ranger The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture. He first appeared in 1933 in ...

'' #11: "Downbeat" (a, with Brett Matthews and

Sergio Cariello Sergio Cariello (born April 23, 1964) is a Brazilian-American comic book artist. He has done work for many major comic publishers through his career, including Marvel Comics and DC Comics, as well as popular independent companies like CrossGen Co ...

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, 2008) *'' CBLDF Presents: Liberty Comics'' #2: "Place 4 Loverman!!" (w/a,

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, 2009) *'' Strange Science Fantasy'' #1-6 (w/a, co-feature,

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, 2010) collected in ''Strange Science Fantasy'' (tpb, 196 pages 2011, ) *''

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'' #5: "Emit Erutnevda!!" (w/a, co-feature,

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References

Notes

Sources

* Mescallado, Ray. Two-part interview with Pope in ''The Comics Journal'' #191 (Nov. 1996) and 192 (Dec. 1996) * Young, Robert. Paul Pope interview, ''

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'' #1 Vol. 2 (2008) * Mautner, Chris
"'I'm Shocked to Be Meeting Young People Who Are Reading This': An Interview with Paul Pope,"
''The Comics Journal'' (JAN 15, 2014)

External links

Paul Pope's Blog

– BOF's review of "BATMAN: YEAR 100"

Interviews

(1999)
Pulp: The Manga Magazine's Carl Gustav Horn
(August 2001)
Keith Giles
(2002)
''Comic Geek Speak'' podcast (December 2005)Lost At E Minor
(2006)

(February 2006)
''Ain't It Cool News''
(2010) {{DEFAULTSORT:Pope, Paul 1970 births Alternative cartoonists American cartoonists American graphic novelists American libertarians Artists from Philadelphia Eisner Award winners for Best Writer/Artist Living people People from Bowling Green, Ohio