Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles

author: Mark Russell
name: Wayne
average rating: 4.47
book published: 2018
rating: 5
read at: 2018/09/03
date added: 2018/09/03
shelves: graphic-novels
review:
'Exit Stage Left: The Snagglepuss Chronicles' by Mark Russell with art by Mike Feehan is another in the DC line of remakes of old cartoons. After reading The Flintstones by Mark Russell and not especially liking it, I was a bit hesitant to dive in to this title. I was pleasantly surprised.

Playwright Snagglepuss is a playwright in the 1950s in America. He is on trial for being possibly communist. He also has a secret life that is dangerous at this time. The story is told about the kind of bravery and tragedy that it sometimes takes to create your art and live your life.

Along with the real people of the time, like Dorothy Parker and Marilyn Monroe, classic characters like Quick Draw Mcgraw and Huckleberry Hound appear. A short appendix gives some of the real events of the time, and who some of the characters were based on.

While I don't personally wholly agree with the opinions being voiced, they are done in a fierce and beautiful style. The prose shines as does the art. This may not be for everyone, but it is worthy of 5 stars from me.

I received a review copy of this graphic novel from DC Entertainment and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this graphic novel.


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