The Copybook Tales
(Slave Labor, 1996-1997, 2002)
™ and ©1996 J. Torres
Jamie was always an avid comic fan, and the flashbacks to his childhood strongly contrast his innocence and fervor then, with the harsher realities of his grown-up life. One scene in particular should strike a chord with any fan: young Jamie lamenting the impossibility of ever selling his comic book collection, side by side with a scene of adult-Jamie fervently counting his cash after just such a deed.
There are no superheroes with dazzling powers in this book, no building-smashing battle scenes, and no maniacal villains with plans of world conquest. There is, however, solid writing combined with quality artwork. It’s a great story about an average guy with big dreams, trying to make it in a world designed to smash your hopes on the rocks.
Copybook Tales started as a mini publication, where it proved popular enough to make it to standard format.
Jump to issue:
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Jul 1996
Cover: $2.95
W: Joseph Torres · A: Tim Levins
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Oct 1996
Cover: $2.95
W: J. Torres · A: Tim Levins
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Jan 1997
Cover: $2.95
W: J. Torres · A: Tim Levins
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Apr 1997
Cover: $2.95
W: J. Torres · A: Tim Levins
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Jul 1997
Cover: $2.95
W: J. Torres · A: Tim Levins
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Mar 2002
Cover: $19.95
W: J. Torres · A: Tim Levins
Collects issues 1-6 plus self-published mini-comics