Grip: The Strange World of Men

By Gilbert Hernández

From comics luminary and Love and Rockets cocreator Gilbert Hernandez comes a mind-bending genre mashup unlike any other Never before collected, Grip: The Strange World of Men returns in an expanded edition with new story pages When Mike Chang wakes up with no memory and nothing but a lipstick smudge and someone else's suit and ID, he finds himself thrown into a world of criminal gangs, crime-fighters, people who swap skins, and a tiny, one-eyed girl with bizarre powers Discover one of Hernandez's creepiest, sexiest, most action-packed comics extravaganzas Collects Grip #1-#5 with new pages.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161655830X
• ISBN13: 9781616558307
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Dark Horse Books
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

¡I heartily enjoyed its zaniness and the keenly-represented focus on romance which was well-distribu

Good old "Heel-Beer-Toe" has interspersed some fun and great books throughout his "soap-opera fantasy" oeuvre but none are both. This lip-giggler belongs to the top tier of the former since he restrains his abstractions enough to let the of humor, in the words AND the art, overcome the bizarre. He predictably uses one of his worn-out and tiring signatures, the comically-obese breasts, but makes them SEEM fresh because they are (for once) funny and interestingly pertinent to the story. The latter are sad, discomforting, dark and/or disturbing but none-the-less brilliant. My favorite is "Chance In Hell" which is all four of those. I'm not going to pretend I comprehended enough detail/reference/intention/message of this book to qualify as understanding₁ but I heartily enjoyed its zaniness and the keenly-represented focus on romance which was well-distributed, heart-warming and sometimes hilarious! 0⁰º°¡°º⁰0≈I ESPECIALLY ADORED the personalities, relationship dynamic and quirky rendering of the "balance-advantaged" couple≈0⁰º°!°º⁰0 ₁ = Anyone who says that they understand the others of which I speak, which you can identify by the angry confusion you were burdened with, is one of those fluffy-brained fart-lipped popinjays who think that pretending more than surface knowledge of a book written by a "big name" award literary respect. The problem is that they are correct more often than not if they have prior (deserved or not) literary ethos. Ask them your questions on the spot and if their response makes sense to you then it's not one of the ones I speak of. ->Either way, whatever insight (not to be confused with comprehension) is worth hearing and may even be impressive. OPEN DIALOGUE with people about books mutually read -no matter "where you stand" on them- don't just read reviews! -StrictlySequential (goodreads)