Glamourpuss
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glamourpuss is a Canadian
independent comic book
written and illustrated by Dave Sim
. Sim promises that the comic will ship promptly bimonthly, with 24 pages of story and art. Back issues will remain available throughout the comic's print run, at which time an all-in-one trade paperback will be made available (the series collected in one volume upon completion).
The premise of the book is threefold: a parody
of fashion magazines
, a history of photorealism
in comics
, and a surreal
super-heroine
comic.
Issue four of the book was offered with "Zombie" variant cover
s, featuring "zombie
-fied" covers instead of the traditional fashion magazine versions.
Issue 18, March 2011, featured the first new Cerebus comic book story in many years.
Canadian comics
In spite of U.S. dominance of comic book sales in Canada and the overwhelming number of U.S. comic strips printed in Canadian newspapers there is such a thing as Canadian Comics. The only area where there is no American dominance is editorial cartoons...
independent comic book
Alternative comics
Alternative comics defines a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alternative to "mainstream" superhero comics which in the past have dominated the US comic book industry...
written and illustrated by Dave Sim
Dave Sim
David Victor Sim is an award-winning Canadian comic book writer and artist.A pioneer of self-published comics and creators' rights, Sim is best known as the creator of Cerebus the Aardvark, a comic book published from 1977 to 2004, which chronicles its main character in a 6,000-page self-contained...
. Sim promises that the comic will ship promptly bimonthly, with 24 pages of story and art. Back issues will remain available throughout the comic's print run, at which time an all-in-one trade paperback will be made available (the series collected in one volume upon completion).
The premise of the book is threefold: a parody
Parody
A parody , in current usage, is an imitative work created to mock, comment on, or trivialise an original work, its subject, author, style, or some other target, by means of humorous, satiric or ironic imitation...
of fashion magazines
Fashion journalism
Fashion journalism is an umbrella term used to describe all aspects of published fashion media. It includes fashion writers, fashion critics or fashion reporters...
, a history of photorealism
Photorealism
Photorealism is the genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information creating a painting that appears photographic...
in comics
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
, and a surreal
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
super-heroine
Superhero
A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...
comic.
Issue four of the book was offered with "Zombie" variant cover
Variant cover
In comic books, a variant cover refers to an issue of a comic book printed with multiple covers with each unique cover art...
s, featuring "zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
-fied" covers instead of the traditional fashion magazine versions.
Issue 18, March 2011, featured the first new Cerebus comic book story in many years.
Characters
- glamourpuss – The heroine of the comic.
- Skanko – glamourpuss' evil twin sister.
- Dr. Norm – glamourpuss' long-time therapist.