Category: Battling Boy
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The Fall of the House of West is heavy stuff. There’s a little bit of comic relief with Aurora’s friend Hoke having a crush on her, but it doesn’t get much attention. Writers Paul Pope and J.T. Petty don’t want to let up on the reader, which is a little surprising. Maybe the big character…
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The Rise of Aurora West is simultaneously original and not. Paul Pope and J.T. Petty have a derivative adventure for an entirely original character, even though her back story is derivative. Sort of. The details are derivative. Aurora West is the teenage daughter and sidekick to Haggard West. He’s a science hero. Just like Tom…
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Battling Boy appears to be Paul Pope’s answer to all the young adult Joseph Campbell stuff coming out in the last ten years. Only, of course, since it’s Paul Pope, it’s so much better. The big thing Pope plays with in Boy, right from the start, is the fear of the unknown. He’s not dealing…
The Stop Button 