THB
Horse Press (unless otherwise noted). All written and drawn by Paul Pope.
THB Ashcan. 8 pages. Contents: Untitled,
6-page excerpt from THB 1. October, 1994.
THB 1. 104 pages. Contents: "Science
+ Invention," 1 p. "THB part 1,"
90 pp. "The Hidden Face Adventure,"
3 pp. "HR Does Not Not Foil Foil With Knot Know
How," 2 pp. "Elm Grasse, Forgotten
Hero Of Martian Magnetism," 5 pp. "Pan-Fried Girl,"
1-page pin-up. "THB Girl," photo insert. October, 1994.
THB 2. 56 pages. Contents: "THB part
2," 33 pp. "McHaine in the Toilet,"
4 pp. "Percy in P-City," 4 pp. "A
Catalogue Of Waitings," 2 pp. "Bumble
Hip Shake," 6 pp. "Welcome To Mars," 1-page pin-up.
December, 1994.
THB 3. 60 pages. Contents: "THB part
3," 42 pp. "THB #3," editorial/letter column, 5 pp.
"Li'l Bumble Buzz," 6 pp. "The
Search For The," 1 page. January, 1995.
THB 4. 56 pages. Contents: "Tri Hydro Bioxygenate dans le
quatre acte," pin-up. "THB part 4,"
44 pp. "THB #4," editorial/letter column, 6 pp. February, 1995.
THB 5. 60 pages. Contents: "THB part 5," 39 pp. "Pig Dog
Songbook," 6¼ pp. "THB #5," editorial/letter column, 3¾ pp. "Creeper Crawler," illustrated text story, 5 pp. Terry Moore pin-up, 1 p. March, 1995.
THB 69. 16 pages. Untitled, 11 pages
of additions to THB stories from THB 1. June, 1995.
THB 1v2. 104 pages. "THB part 1,"
90 pp, includes THB 69 material and some new pages but excludes all other
stories from first printing; also contains a three-page text essay about
Pope's then-current plans and three pages of ads for future projects, most
of which never happened. Late 1995.
Giant THB Parade. 96 pages, tabloid-sized. Contents: "Giant
THB Parade," 3-page text feature. "Please Pass the THB,"
4-page letter column. "Canyon Kids,"
10pp, by Jay Stephens. "Escapo,"
38 pp. "THB vs RHM," 33 pp. October,
1996.
P-City Parade. 84 pages, comic book height, magazine width. Contents:
"P-City Parade: The Theme," 2 pp.
"P-City Parade," 9-page text introduction. "THB Excerpts,"
6 annotated pages reprinted from THB 3 & 4, concerning P-City. "Gangster
Strip Dragway," 9 pp. "P-City Parade,"
49 pp. January, 1997.
THB Circus. 128 pages, tabloid-sized, square-bound. Contents: "There
Are Different Ways to Work," 6-page text essay. "Liner Notes,"
1-page introduction. "Brief Outline of the History of MMC," 3-page
text background feature. "Hidden Face 97,"
8 pp, remake of story from THB 1. "Facerub,"
9 pp. "Terminology of THB," 3-page text feature. "THB
Circus," 39 pp. "Happy Birthday,"
39 pp. "I Am the Most Handsome,"
1 p. "Faust," 1 p. "The
Search for the," 1 p. Also contains numerous pin-ups, photos,
self-protraits, etc. January, 1998.
Escapo. 112 pages, magazine-sized, trade paperback/hardcover. Contents:
Paul Pope: The Escape Artist (of Post-Modernism)," 3-page text profile.
"The Design Behind TBH: Paul Pope and the Design Container of Comics,"
3-page text feature. "Hidden Face 97,"
8 pp, color reprint of story from THB Circus. "Prelude
to Escapo," 2 pp. "Escapo 2,"
45 pp. "Escapo: The Theme," pin-up. "Escapo
1," 38 pp, reprinted from Giant THB Parade. June, 1999.
ArtBomb review
THB M3: Mars' Mightiest Mek. 64 pages. Contents: "Point-Flatter-Cut,"
30 pp. "Morpholine," 2 pp. "Clothes
on Mars," 8 pp. "Survival Studies,"
18 pp. "Rageous et Continuæ,"
2 pp. December, 1999.
THB 6a. 72 pages. Contents: "Photo Came Out," 1 p, text
art. "Hello, This Is Gorgeous," pin-up. "THB6a,"
58 pp. "Mega-Gangsters," 1 p. "The
World As It Is," 1 p. "War Story,"
2 pp. "Zeno's Arrow," 1 p. "Lucky,"
3 pp. "Axiomatic Manifesto," 1 p,
color. August, 2000.
THB 6b. 72 pages. Contents: "The Human Being," pin-up.
"THB6b," 52 pp. "Promotion
in a Beehive," 8 pp. "Sand-Oz-Vamoz,"
9 pp. "The Super-Mek," pin-up. October, 2000. 
THB 6c. 72 pages. Contents: "Mek-Bag Operation," pin-up.
"THB6c," 66 pp. "36
Sec," 3 pp. November, 2000.
THB 6d. 96 pages. Contents: "THB 6d Intro," 5-page recap
comic. "The Buranchist," 2 pp. "THB
6d," 70 pp. "House,"
7 pp. "New School of Athens," 8 pp.
October, 2001.
Giant THB 1.v.2. 96 pages, magazine-sized. Contents: "HR Watson,"
pin-up. "Payload,"10 pp. "Maps,"
3-page recap text feature. "THB,"
77 pp. December, 2003. Other Papistry
The Ballad of Dr. Richardson. 110 pages, trade paperback. Contents:
"The Ballad of Dr. Richardson," 91
pp. "The Reflections," text piece, 1 page. "Postscript
Strip," 9 pp. "The Triumph of Hunger,"
6 pp. [From Horse Press: 12 hours in a man's life.
12 hours which will change his life. By all accounts, he's a failure. An
academic who lacks the respect of his students and peers, an obscure author
who hasn't published a word in nearly a decade, a dreamer who lives alone
except for a cat and a telescope, a man whose very shyness keeps him isolated
and yearning. But tonight he decides to do something different. Tonight
he decides to find some sort of solution. Tonight he will change the course
of his life, because tonight he chooses the unknown. And on the other side
of the night and his choice, a woman awaits...]
ArtBomb review
Heavy
Liquid (DC/Vertigo; 5-issue mini; 2-color). [From
DC Comics: In a future where New York has evolved into a sci-fi metropolis,
"S," a man addicted to "heavy liquid," a substance that
is both a drug and an art form, finds himself trapped in a mystery littered
with love and drugs. This Eisner Award-nominated tale follows S's journey
across two continents as he searches for the one artist skilled enough to
render heavy liquid into a perfect sculpture. But as he attempts to complete
this mission, S finds himself battling deadly psychopathic foes and inner
demons of addiction. If he can survive these physical and mental trials,
S just may discover the shocking secret of heavy liquid and a love he thought
lost forever.] Originally written as taking place on the Mars
of THB. ArtBomb
review Old Book of the Week 3/16/05: [Pope's
earlier Vertigo series, this is a rougher, vigorous work about a junkie
in a future New York seeking drugs, art, and love. The gangsters on his
trail are the least of his problems...]
100%
(DC/Vertigo, 5-issue mini). [From DC Comics:
Six star-crossed characters meet in the urban twilight of Manhattan 2038
— a perversely safe future city where the citizens wear ID tags and
police cruisers stalk the streets like slow-moving sharks. This is the world
of 100%, a new 5-issue VERTIGO miniseries in black-and-white (with gray-tones)
from writer/artist Paul Pope (HEAVY LIQUID, THB) — a sci-fi "graphic
movie" that Gear Magazine has already proclaimed "uncanny,"
adding "Pope is one of the most consistently inventive comics artists
of his generation." Three separate-but-interconnected stories unfold
in 100%, like a six-piece jigsaw puzzle set on a unique sci-fi gameboard.
There’s Daisy, the mysterious, fiery new go-go dancer, who makes sparks
fly with the (not-so-average) busboy John. There’s Strel, the club
manager/mother goddess, pursued by Haitous, a former heavyweight champion
fighter. And then there’s Kim, the jittery barbabe, charmed by the
magnetic Eloy, an artist obsessed with coaxing the perfect pitch from a
chorus of 100 tea kettles. Filled with wit, sex, charm, and a level of menace
rarely seen in today’s comics, 100% — conceived and begun before
the events of September 11th — is a frightful, prescient view into
what America might look like tomorrow. And it’s a future full of unpleasant
contradictions — a sci-fi fishbowl world where the search for honesty
continues, whether or not America remains the land of the free and the home
of the brave.] Book of the Week 3/16/05: [Paul
Pope is a unique voice in comics. Many indy creators seem to have a super-hero
fanboy buried deep within them, but Pope has a unique sensibility that shares
almost nothing with mainstream comics—kind of punk-rock science-fiction.
100% is probably his most accomplished work to date, having some
of the reckless energy of Pope's magnum opus, THB, but much more
tightly constructed (in a deceptively free-wheeling way) and complete. Set
in a punk-rock science-fiction near-future New York City, it follows a number
of characters in loosely-connected story-lines involving murder, drugs,
strippers, and lots of cigarettes. This is the perfect introduction to one
of comics' most distinctive talents.]
The One-Trick Rip-Off (Dark Horse; stories from Dark Horse Presents
101-112 plus additional material). [From Dark Horse Comics:
There're plenty of gangs in Los Angeles: north of downtown it's the Paid-in-Spades,
and down south, past Washington, there's nothing. There's the East-Side
Firegirls and Thee Suertes, and past El Pueblo, on the west side, it's the
One Tricks. That's what Tubby is, a One Trick, but he's hungry to be someone
else, someone out of Los Angeles. He and his girl Vim want to split, but
before they can, they need some cash. And that's what the One Tricks got,
about a quarter million. If their plan comes off, they're set for life.
If it doesn't, their lives don't matter much anyway. After a year-long run
in Dark Horse Presents, The One-Trick Rip-Off is collected here in its entirety.
It's a tour de force of pure, kinetic storytelling that will keep your eyes
peeled until the very last page.]
ArtBomb review
PulpHope: The Art of Paul Pope (Adhouse Books). [From Adhouse: PulpHope collects the art of Paul Pope (Batman: Year 100) from manga, to erotica, to
rock posters. This is his artistic manifesto. In America, Paul's been called the "Comics
Destroyer." In France, he's been called the "Jim Morrison of comics" and "Comics' Petit
Prince." His work is translated into a number of languages on three continents. He's one
of a handful of young cartoonists to be consistently gaining critical praise and media
attention, appearing on Sci-Fi Channel, Much Music, and elsehwere. He's been in
everything from Spin to the Village Voice, and he's the only American cartoonist to have
worked for Japan's largest manga publisher (Kodansha) for five-plus years.] 
Sin Titulo. 80 pages. [From Horse Press:
Road Trip. Take a man with an idea so wild it couldn't possibly be true
- put him on the highway with both his lover and his bitter enemy - set
them hunting for a treasure no-one's even sure is real - and watch as their
passions push the company to a fever pitch - Head Trip. Take a cloud-builder
with a crazy theory - remove him from the safety of his ivory tower - put
him on an adventure which will take him to the outer edges of civilization
- and make him apply his ideas to the world outside - Sin Titulo.]
