Lowlife (comics)

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"Lowlife" is a semi-autobiographical comic book series written and drawn by Ed Brubaker, published by Slave Labor Graphics and later Caliber Comics. Collected editions were put out by Aeon Press and Black Eye Books.

ynopsis

The "Comics Journal" described the book as following the "frustration and cynicism of disenchanted slacker kids finding excitement in their uneventful lives." [ [http://www.tcj.com/2_archives/r_Pr2Sm.html "Like Teen President"to "Smell of Steve"] , "The Comics Journal" #79]

Development

"Lowlife" was Brubaker's first professional work. [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=144764 "Behind the Page: Ed Brubaker I"] , Newsarama, January 28, 2008.] The work is semi-autobiographical, based upon the lives of the author and his friends but "with the names changed."

Influences on later work

Brubaker cited his work here as an influence on later works: "I'm exploring the same themes in my "Batman" comics and my "Catwoman" comics that I was probably exploring in "Lowlife": family relationships, personal relationships, people not being able to escape their past. . . .That's the stuff that interests me, and that's the stuff I write about."

Critical reaction

"Lowlife" was described by The Stranger as "Part fiction, part autobiography, the narratives hover between sincerity and parody, with moments of transcendence that lift it out of the realm of the ordinary comic book."Fact|date=June 2008

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a number of trade paperbacks:

*"Portable Lowlife" (48 pages, Aeon, 1995, ISBN 1883847168)

*"A Complete Lowlife" (112 pages, Black Eye Books, 1997, ISBN 0969887477, Top Shelf Productions, 2001, ISBN 1891830201)

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