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23 x 16.5 cm
56 pages in black & white
hardcover
ISBN : 9782848410357
Published in November 2015, in stock
12 €

The bus 2
(English Edition)

by Paul Kirchner

During the years 1974 to 1986, after working as an assistant to Wally Wood, Paul Kirchner created several comic strips such as Dope Rider for High Times magazine and the bus for Heavy Metal. In 2012, Tanibis published an anthologie of the bus strips that was nominated at the Angoulême International comics festival, proving that even a 30-year old public transportation vehicle can take part in a Grand Prix.

In 2013, Paul Kirchner surprised commuters when he decided to start working again on the bus. He fixed the old vehicle up, took it out of the garage and called its iconic passenger in the white overcoat back on duty, waiting to be taken on new, exotic adventures. The bus' unpredictable personality causes him to mimic classic pop culture icons such as King-Kong or Steve Martin while in turn analyzing or teleporting his passenger. And that's only when it's not cheating on him with other commuters.

Kirchner's new ideas are on par with the original strips, proving that his creativity didn't end with the 80's. The crazy cartoon logic of the original strips is still present, and wackiness is the norm. Some details, such as the so-called « smart » phones or the passengers' looks, root the stories in the 21st century, but Paul Kirchner's universe retains a timeless vintage aesthetic that blends eras, lending these new stories a hint of nostalgia.

The bus 2 will be published in hardcover horizontal format identical to the previous collection.

Back in that twilight dimension he calls home, it is rumored that Paul Kirchner is at work on new material for his psychedelic western Dope Rider. After all it seems that the bus' passenger is not the only one who gets caught occasionally in strange time warps…

Parts of the bus 2 material have previously been published in magazines in north America and in Europe.

The bus 2, illustration

By the same author

BOOKS

Meurtre télécommandé

Paul Kirchner
Janwillem van de Wetering

Dope Rider: A Fistful of Delirium

(English Edition)
Paul Kirchner

Dope Rider : Pour une poignée de délires

Paul Kirchner

Jheronimus & Bosch

Paul Kirchner

Hieronymus & Bosch

(English Edition)
Paul Kirchner

En attendant l'Apocalypse

Paul Kirchner

Awaiting the Collapse

(English Edition)
Paul Kirchner

Le bus 2

Paul Kirchner

The bus

(English Edition)
Paul Kirchner

Le bus

Paul Kirchner

PRINTS

The bus

Paul Kirchner

Dope Rider

Paul Kirchner

Screw #321: The Temple

Paul Kirchner

Screw #370: Flying

Paul Kirchner

Screw #429: Candied Cherries

Paul Kirchner

Screw #502: Slippery when wet

Paul Kirchner

Screw #635: The Toreador

Paul Kirchner

Mindscape

Paul Kirchner

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