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Title:	100% page by Paul Pope (NWS)
Artist:	Paul Pope (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	215
Likes on CAF:	21 22
Comments:	6
Added to Site:	6/23/2025
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Here is page 2 of Chapter 21 in Paul Pope's opus, 100%. If you have not read it, you are missing one of the 10 most important comics in the past 30 or more years.

Paul's work is a bold smack in the kisser and an unapologetic kick in the nuts when experienced in person.

The pages are huge and the ink work is so confident, decadent and even a bit arrogant- perhaps a reflection on the artist's personality itself. Pope is a rock star in every way from his appearance to his persona although there is probably another side to those that know him well.

I LOVE his work and have for a long time. I have owned a dozen pages over the years and continue to own an amazing 6 page sequence from 100% that has to be viewed as a single work as the elements are so much more than the sum of their parts. You can see that sequence in this gallery if you wish to explore more.

I also think 100% is his best work to date and catches him at the peak of his artistry while still in that hungry phase of his artistic development. The story is a modern era romance that speaks to our times as well as sometime in the not too distant future. Even though the book was first published just over 20 years ago, it is as poignant, relevant and ground and heart breaking as it was when it was still shiny and new.

Pages from 100% have been very uncommon on the market. Being his most personal work, the artist has hung on to the pages unless things were sold as a complete chapter. The 6 page sequence I have came from a 12 page chapter that divided neatly in half between me and a French collector many years ago. That is the only reason I have the pages. The other pages you see out there are the scattered remains of the other half chapter. I believe FelixComicArt has sold a very small number of pages as they represent Paul in recent years. A current Chelsea NYC art gallery show of Paul's work (in conjunction with FelixComicArt) had some pretty cool pages for sale too but some of the 100% pages sold quickly and for good reason, they are fantastic (and I think underpriced).

These 2 pages I just got come from a UK collector and I've known about their existence for almost 2 decades now. He bought them early and I have always wanted to add them to my collection but they were not available. So I waited...and waited...and waited. A few months ago I got an email from the UK collector that he was ready to part with the pages. We came to a quick agreement and today the pages arrived. It took time to ship as they are so big, a box had to be created to ship the art. It arrived safely and although I know Paul's art well, it still stuns me looking at these banshees that are screaming at me.

From a content point of view, these are the pages to own from the book. The night club with its neon go-go dancer, lights, girls and pumping music is a character on its own. Daisy is dancing for the last time. The contrast of the performance and the inner conflict are part of the angst that is palpable throughout the book and reaches a high frequency as we near the end of the story.

In addition to each page standing on its own as a work of art, there is a bigger picture design to the narrative that needs to be seen from a few steps back. Pope conjures a cadence and rhythm that binds the narrative together through his panel layouts, page sequences and storytelling. For me, it is as much about the storytelling with Paul's work as it is about the opulence and brashness of his pages.

The two pages have a similar layout with larger tiers at the top and bottom and smaller 4 panel sequence in the middle. This is part of that page layout appreciation I was pining about earlier. There is a pattern to this like a heart beat or music or a background score in a movie. The big and the small, the fast and the slow...it does more than look cool, it adds a subconscious layer to what the reader experiences and only in its dissection do you see what he did there. It is like the visual lexicon of Chris Ware and his panels or that of Crepax and the language of his panels and layouts. It is no mistake and the fact that it is almost unnoticeable speaks to the mastery of Pope.

The two pages taken as a single work show the fall from the heavens into the pit of hell and descent into madness only to land and escape from the chaos at the last minute. This plays very well into the overall story arch as well. Fucking Paul Pope, he nails everything in his work and in particular these pages and 100%.

Big thanks to Nick for taking such good care of the pages and for passing them on to me.

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	Jeff Singh ( 7 ) Premium Gallery Owner
Joined:	November 2004
Last Login:	September 2025
Website:	http://www.art4comics.com
Country:	CANADA
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Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 6/23/2025

Wow, this is seriously impressive. I've been on record saying that Pope makes Batman look ugly, yet I still feel compelled to look. This looks different and more appealing to me than the Batman 100 art. The whispy "smoke" at the top of panel two is fabulous as is most of the expressive ink work.

Comic Art Channel
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 6/24/2025

Fantastic! Big congrats, Jeff. I agree it's his best work but everything he does is marvelous.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 6/24/2025

Talk about baring your soul and baring your insides!

Matt Dicke
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 6/24/2025

the John Daisy story from 100% is the best part, and her as dolla bill are some of the most dynamic and dramatic parts of the book. Congrats on the score of these 2 pages. What a set. Funny how we were just talking about these at Como. Rare and along with Escapo my favorite works from him.

Bill J
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 6/24/2025

Disturbing art and heartbreaking story are the best ways I can describe Paul Pope's 100%. The two pages posted here are both troubling and yet touching. The scene Pope has drawn here takes place in a night club and the main character is a dancer named Daisy. We see her as she is having a breakdown right on stage. Pope's art depicts her falling off stage and into...what? A nervous breakdown? A junkie's withdrawal? You have to read it to understand it. Pope's art is edgy, just like the topic he's dealing with. The subject is troubling yet profound. Reading it, your heart goes out to the young woman and you hope against hope that she can pull out of the mess she's in. It's 100% worth reading.

John Livesay
Member Since 2009

Posted on 6/25/2025

Great!

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