Paul Pope (born September 25, 1970, in

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) is an American alternative

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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 First Second Books.

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,

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, Alex Toth, Tony Salmons, Hugo Pratt,

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, and

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Career

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

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, and '' Heavy Liquid'' 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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, '' 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 superhero: he bleeds, he sweats, he eats. He's someone born into an overarching

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; someone with the body of David Beckham, the brain of Tesla, and the wealth of

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... pretending to be Nosferatu." The story, colored by José Villarrubia, was originally presented in a four-part prestige format in 2006. DC Comics later published a

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collecting ''Batman: Year 100'' in early 2007. The trade also includes Pope's "Berlin Batman" story from '' The Batman Chronicles'' 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 Toonami's website and came up with the character Orcelot Rex. Aside from comics, in the fall of 2006 Pope worked with Italian clothing company Diesel 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, Renzo Rosso. In the fall of 2008, Pope went a step further by partnering with DKNY 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. In 2009, Pope was featured in '' The Cartoonist,'' 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 Atlantic Center for the Arts, a Florida-based artists' community providing artists an opportunity to work and collaborate with contemporary artists in the fields of composing, visual, literary, and performing arts. Pope lives and works in

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Awards

* 2000 Friends of Lulu 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) for Best Comic Book for ''

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'' * 2014 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Teens: ''

Battling Boy ''Battling Boy'' is a graphic novel by an American artist-writer Paul Pope, published on October 8, 2013, by First Second Books. It was followed by two other volumes: ''The Rise of Aurora West'' and ''The Fall of the House of West''. ''Battling ...

Bibliography

Horse Press

*''

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'' (w/a,

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, 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...'' (a, Paradox Press): ** "Harry Reichenbach: Hollywood's King of Ballyhoo!!" (with

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, in ''The Big Book of Hoaxes'', 1996) ** "Glam Rock" (with Jonathan Vankin, in ''The Big Book of the '70s'', 2000) *''Vertigo: Winter's Edge'' #1: "Tell Me" (a, with Paul Jenkins, 1998) *

: **'' The Batman Chronicles'' #11: "

The Berlin Batman "The Berlin Batman" is an ''Elseworlds'' tale published in ''The Batman Chronicles'' #11 in 1998 by DC Comics. It is written and illustrated by Paul Pope. Characters * Baruch Wane, the Batman: By day, Baruch is a wealthy socialite/cubist painter ...

" (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, 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, ) *'' Heavy Liquid'' #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 Special'': "Mind Field" (a, with

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, 2000) *''Young Heroes: Fall Fashion 2000'' (a, with

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, a 4-page advertisement ran through all DC books dated October, 2000) *'' The Dreaming'' #55: "The Further Adventures of Danny Nod, Heroic Library Assistant" (a, with Bill Willingham, among other artists, 2000) *'' Weird Western Tales'' #1: "Tall Tale" (w/a, 2000) *'' Bizarro Comics'': "Help! Superman!" (a, with Jeff Smith, anthology graphic novel, hc, 224 pages, 2001, ) *''

'' #3 (w/a, 2005) *'' Wednesday Comics'' #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'' ( Caliber): ** "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

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, in #23, 1995) ** "Gangster Strip Dragway" (w/a, in #24, 1995) ** "Strip for 6.30.93" (w/a, in #25, 1995) *'' Dark Horse Presents'' (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,

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, 1995) *''

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'' #1: "Ukieo-E-Pope" (w/a, Fantagraphics Books, 1997) *'' Oni Double Feature'' #2-3: "Car Crash" (w/a,

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, 1998) *'' The Spirit: The New Adventures'' #7: "The Ghost of Tiger Traps" (a, with Jay Stephens, Kitchen Sink, 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, 1999) *'' Non'' #5: "Airplanes" (w/a, Red Ink, 2001) *''Michael Neno's Reactionary Tales'' #1 :"The Ballad of Michael Neno" (w/a,

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, 2001) * Marvel: **'' Spider-Man's Tangled Web'' #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, ) **'' X-Statix'' #5: "The Mysterious Fan Boy" (a, with Peter Milligan, 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, ) **''

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'' #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, Alternative Comics, 2004, ) * AdHouse Books: **''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'' #11: "Downbeat" (a, with Brett Matthews and

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

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, 2009) *''

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'' #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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, 2012) * ''Battling Boy'' ( First Second Books) **''The Death of Haggard West'' (2013) — 32-page pamphlet-format preview of ''Battling Boy'' vol. 1 ** vol. 1: ''

'' (2013) ** vol. 2: ''The Rise of Aurora West'' (2014) — prequel to ''Battling Boy'' written with

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; art by

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** vol. 3: ''The Fall of the House of West'' (2015) — written with J. T. Petty; art by David Rubín

Cover work

*''

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'' #191 ( Fantagraphics Books, 1996) *''

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'' #5-9 (

, 2002) *''

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'' #5 (

, 2006) *'' Cory Doctorow's Futuristic Tales of the Here and Now'' #3 (

, 2007) *'' Silver Surfer: In Thy Name'' #3 ( Marvel, 2007) *'' Popgun Volume 2'' gn (

, 2008) *''

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'' #2 (

, 2009) *'' The Sandman: The Dream Hunters'' #3 (Vertigo, 2009) *'' Jersey Gods'' #3 (Image, 2009) *''The Unknown'' #1 (

, 2009) *''Hexed'' HC (Boom! Studios, 2009) *''Electric Ant'' #1-5 (Marvel, 2010) *''

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'' #3 (IDW Publishing, 2010) *'' American Vampire'' #5 (Vertigo, 2010) *'' Dark Horse Presents'' #1 (Dark Horse, 2011) *''

'' #1 (Vertigo, 2011) *'' Diamond Comics'' #6 (

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, 2011) *'' Before Watchmen:

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'' #1 (DC Comics, 2012) *''

'' #11 (Boom! Studios, 2012)

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, '' The Comics Interpreter'' #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''
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