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Paul Pope - 100% #2 Cover (DC/Vertigo, 2002)

Artist: Paul Pope (All)

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Paul Pope - 100% #2 Cover (DC/Vertigo, 2002) Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Paul Pope - 100% #2 Cover (DC/Vertigo, 2002)
Artist:	Paul Pope (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	546
Likes on CAF:	17 18
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	3/18/2022
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Description

I really enjoyed Paul Pope's 100%, published by DC's Vertigo imprint in 2002. Set in New York City in the year 2038, Pope's "graphic movie" interweaves the stories of six characters with romance & techno/sci-fi elements in a futuristic setting.

The characters' inner conflicts take center stage in the story, with the elaborately constructed future landscape providing the backdrop. I found the slice-of-life stories, not adhering to a traditional 3-act structure, fresh and imaginative, and Pope's gritty art is wonderful and really suits the book.

This oversized (19 x 24") wraparound cover to issue #2 features "gastro club" bartender Kim at the grain silo home of Strel's cousin Eloy (a.k.a. "Kettlehead"), along with Eloy's art project of collecting 100 tea kettles tuned to all whistle the same note creating "one hundred percent sound".

According to the prelims that came with the cover (see "Additional Images"), the cover was originally intended to include Eloy and Strel in addition to Kim, while the "eyeball" motif of the tea kettles was intentional.

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Comic Art Channel
Member Since 2018

1 - Posted on 3/18/2022

Love it! Did you get this piece recently, Gene? I remember this piece was on ebay for a bit and really regret not pulling the trigger. Big congrats! Paul's best story.

Gene Park
Member Since 2004

2 - Posted on 3/18/2022

Comic Art Channel wrote:

Love it! Did you get this piece recently, Gene? I remember this piece was on ebay for a bit and really regret not pulling the trigger. Big congrats! Paul's best story.�

Thanks! I bought it from a dealer in late 2019, though, I do remember looking at it on eBay earlier that year - glad I got another bite at the apple!

John Espinoza
Member Since 2014

1 - Posted on 3/18/2022

Nice pick up, Gene! This cover is 💯 exemplary of Paul Pope's style. Thanks for the description. I haven't read 100%, but I do know this cover, so the tea kettles now make sense. To me they always looked like War of the Worlds type of alien pods!
♨️🫖 🎶 ≠ 👽 🛸🏙🔥

Chris K.
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 3/18/2022

Well, safe to say you know how I'm gonna feel about this piece. It's spectacular, a joy to look at and I'm thrilled it's in your collection. Nice one, Gene!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 3/18/2022

Definitely a conversation starter for Pope fans seeing one of the published covers where he built his legend upon!

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

1 - Posted on 3/19/2022

Awesome cover!

John J
Member Since 2020

1 - Posted on 3/21/2022

Wonderful!!

John Livesay
Member Since 2009

Posted on 3/24/2022

nice!

Bill J
Member Since 2009

Posted on 3/24/2022

Powerful DPS. Paul Pope's work is astounding and he keeps growing assignment by assignment. Great pick-up!

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