The Eltingville Club hardcover debuts Feb. 10 from series creator Evan Dorkin. If you're familiar with his collaboration on Beasts of Burden with Chicago-based artist Jill Thompson, you know that Dorkin is a fine storyteller.
In his Eltingville Club series, Dorkin examines the darker side of comics fandom. The ugly stereotypes that perfectly describe some real fans are his playground. You've met them at your local comics shop, you've smelled them in line at your favorite con, and you've been appropriately appalled at their antics. And in Dorkin's hands, these archetypes are the heartbeat of a comic that uses them in the finest tradition of underground comix--to make us take a hard, humorous, and sometimes uncomfortable look at ourselves.
The Eltingville Club hardcover from Dark Horse Comics is my staff pick this week for Broken Frontier, and you can read the full preview HERE.
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