Eclipse, the Magazine #7
In "The Fate of Charity Hope," Kevin C. Brown crafts a striking, wordless narrative that follows an anonymous man’s life through the vehicles he rides—starting as a stroller, cycling through scooters, bikes, and cars, ending in a wheelchair—while the urban backdrop subtly shifts from a Safeway to a movie theater showing era-defining films, then to a porn theater, and finally an abandoned structure. With all art, inks, and letters by Brown, and a cover by John Bolton, this 1982 Eclipse magazine issue presents a poignant, visually rich meditation on time, transit, and the changing cityscape.
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A pun on the word "auto," as this story tracks an anonymous man's life via his various forms of wheeled transport, from a stroller, to a scooter, to a bicycle, to succeeding models of cars, and finally to a wheelchair. At the same time — in a presumed homage to R. Crumb's famous story, "A Short History of America," the background building of each panel evolves as well, from a Safeway store to a movie theater playing the various big films of the era, and finally to a porn theatre and then a decrepit abandoned building.
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