On sale date: July 18, 2017
Punk comics pioneer Gary Panter "covers" Milton's Paradise Regained in this graphic novel.
Panter's version doesn't rely on Milton's words, but faithfully follows the structure of Milton's Paradise Regained, with one notable exception: Jesus has been replaced by a hillbilly, Songy, who is on a vision quest before being tempted by a chimeric Satan figure.
All remaining copies of Songy of Paradise are sold "as is" with potential dings on the spines and covers and some warping of the front cover. We cannot accept returns due to existing damage on these books.
Praise
"Songy, besides giving Milton a jab in the ribs, can be read as a guide to some of the forces and obsessions that have shaped Mr. Panter's art, including: dinosaurs, religion, psychedelia, rural Texas and comics themselves." — The New York Times
"Gary Panter, a prolific cartoonist who emerged in the eighties as the leading proponent of punk comics, has long been interested in blending mystical fantasy and literature to create wryly irreverent comics." — The New Yorker
"This years-in-the-making project from art-comix legend Panter puts John Milton's Paradise Regained through a scratchy, surreal mindwarp." — Boston Globe
"Underground comics legend Panter, a veteran of the L.A. punk scene in the '70s, reimagines John Milton's Paradise Regained in this breathtakingly original graphic novel." — Los Angeles Times
"In just a few dozen pages, punk-comics pioneer Gary Panter offers up one of the most visually gripping and emotionally soaring pieces of his career. ... Songy serves as a primer for newbies and a treat for connoisseurs of his idiosyncratic takes on the classics of the Western canon." — Vulture
Specs
- Pages
- 40
- Format
- Hardback
- Color
- Black and white
- Dimensions
- 11.6" × 14.9"
- ISBN-13
- 9781683960287