| Squalor
(see also TIMETRIPPER)
A
comic book series written and created by Stefan Petrucha,
with art by Tom Sutton, coloring by Paul Mounts, released
by First Publishing - now a series of Novels from Penguin's
Razorbill line called Timetripper!
After
a nervous breakdown, theoretical physicist Harry Keller is
barely able to hold down a job at a local library. Unknown
to most, his shattered consciousness, leads him to a new perception
of time, enabling him to enter the surreal world of A-Time,
where past, present and future co-exist.
As
Harry explores the odd terrain, Inhabited by strange creatures
such as Quirks and Glitches, he stumbles onto a devious plan
to have Ronald Reagan re-elected president, so he can die
in office and fulfill the Zero Curse!
Stefan
Petrucha's first creator-owned property, Squalor, was warmly
received. On the day it appeared, he walked into Forbidden
Planet, the largest comic store in Manhattan, only to find
all the copies off the shelf and in the hands of people standing
around reading it.
Suspended
Animation, a weekly radio review of comics said: "Readers
will witness a rare event in comic books, the introduction
of a major new talent, Stefan Petrucha. Even more amazing
is that this intense, well-written, highly original book is
the first comic book Petrucha has ever written!"
First
Publishing's demise left the sequel unpublished, but in February
of 2005, Petrucha signed a four
book deal with Penguin's new Razorbill imprint to revive
and revamp Harry & Co as a teen novel series, Timetripper.
All four books are now on sale!
Also,
an issue of Charlton
Spotlight dedicated to the late Tom Sutton has reprints
several pages from the unpublished sequel,
SQUALOR II: The Imagining!
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