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A celebration of hippie culture and the underground comix that intertwined with it, this is Panter in full-on psychedelic homage mode. The book launches with a few pages of lofty musings on truth, space time, and the nature of the universe, told by grotesque one-eyed creatures melting from one panel into another, but the bulk of it is about some anthropomorphized cat and dog hippies who drive around and get high.
It’s unapologetically of an era. If you’re a bit tired of the celebration of all things boomer, then it may grate on you. This is the case of a book I can respect rather than enjoy. It’s not for me, but if you’re looking to dive into a loving take on 60s counterculture, this is absolutely the book for you. Be sure to pick up the physical version, which sounds like a lovely piece of art, reprinting the original art boards in a hardcover with the actual underground-style comic itself included therein in a sleeve. (I have the digital version, which presents one version after the other without much in the way of explanation.)
It’s unapologetically of an era. If you’re a bit tired of the celebration of all things boomer, then it may grate on you. This is the case of a book I can respect rather than enjoy. It’s not for me, but if you’re looking to dive into a loving take on 60s counterculture, this is absolutely the book for you. Be sure to pick up the physical version, which sounds like a lovely piece of art, reprinting the original art boards in a hardcover with the actual underground-style comic itself included therein in a sleeve. (I have the digital version, which presents one version after the other without much in the way of explanation.)
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