Powr Mastrs overflows with graphic innovation, from the intricately designed costumes each character wears to the exactingly drawn architectural detail, all rendered in C.F.’s distinctive pencil line.īrian Chippendale, who also performs in Lightning Bolt and Black Pus lives and works in Providence, RI.
Powr Mastrs 3 (Flexibound, 112 pageas, $18) This latest installment continues C.F.’s Dune-like science fiction/fantasy epic featuring a misguided scientist and the race of beings he has created, who inhabit a surreal world called New China. Comedy, horror, and out-and-out adventure in a story-driven, manga-style adventure, replete with the frenetic linework and concise, witty dialogue for which he has become known. Chippendale allows the two to explore his landscapes and alien beings. If ‘n’ Oof (Flexibound, 800 pages, $30) focuses on the misadventures of the mismatched eponymous duo Chippendale’s very own Laurel and Hardy. Where: Floating World Comics, 20 NW 5th Ave, Portland, OR What: POWR MASTRS 3 and IF ‘N OOF book release, slideshow, interview I’m anticipating the comics crossover of the century. We are also honored to welcome local writer, Matt Fraction, who will interview the artists about their work. Now these two acclaimed Providence-based artists are embarking on their first book tour in support of their new works If ‘n Oof (an 800 page graphic novel) and Powr Mastrs 3 (the climactic volume in this multi-part graphic novel series).Ĭhippendale and CF will present slide shows about their work, answer questions, and sign books. Over the past decade Brian Chippendale and CF have reinvigorated the action-adventure genre and with their unique mixtures of personal politics, humor, fantastic worlds, sex, and visionary drawing.
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