Tales Designed to Thrizzle #2
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis second volume of Michael Kupperman's surreal humor series collects issues #5-8 of Tales Designed to Thrizzle, featuring absurdist comic strips, parodies, and recurring gags including the adventures of a fictionalized Albert Einstein. Fantagraphics' 2012 hardcover compiles the offbeat, deadpan wit that made the series a cult favorite among alternative comics readers.
In "Mandate the Magician," Wonder Book Junior takes on a mystery that spirals far beyond the classroom when he questions the authenticity of a Picasso painting bought by his classmate Brian. What starts as a simple art investigation quickly becomes a surreal, gravity-defying journey when Wonder Book Junior is launched from a skyscraper inside a safe, hurtling through the Earth and into the vastness of space. Written and illustrated entirely by Michael Kupperman, this bizarre and brilliantly absurd tale showcases his singular voice and visual flair, with the cover by Kupperman completing the off-kilter experience.
Mandate the Magician’s act takes a bizarre turn when he forgets to remind his audience to tip the waitresses—prompting Master Ching to intervene with a lesson in humility. In a flash of magical flair, Mandate is transformed into a space hobo, forced to navigate the cosmos with nothing but a tattered coat and a newfound sense of perspective.
Jungle Princess, a fairy princess raised among the trees, balances her dual life as a jungle protector and the editor of Big City Fashion magazine—until her boyfriend Chase Bradburn and a mysterious Senior Citizen get caught in a wild mix-up with Tigerboss, the jungle’s most over-the-top villain.
Mark Twain and J.Walter Nasa blast off in a haunted space shuttle to stop an asteroid, unravel a ghostly mystery, and rescue a baby alien—only to crash-land in Los Angeles with one final, unexpected twist involving director Tony Scott.
Wonder Book Junior takes a wild turn when he sets out to prove whether his classmate Brian’s newly purchased Picasso is real—only to find himself launched from a skyscraper inside a safe, crashing through the Earth and rocketing into space. The absurdity unfolds with deadpan humor as the investigation spirals into a surreal, gravity-defying adventure.
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↩ Reprints Tales Designed to Thrizzle #5 (2009), Tales Designed to Thrizzle #6 (2010), Tales Designed to Thrizzle #7 (2011), Tales Designed to Thrizzle #8 (2012)
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