The Corruptor #1

What I love about Paul Pope is how clever he is.  One of Paul Pope's long forgotten from todays reader books is The Corruptor.  The Corruptor is a self-publishing masterpiece in which Pope takes the concept of self-publishing and makes a comic about it in "spirit" both in story context and actual distribution.  

Ironically the story itself is wordless.  This is symbolic to show how universal the power of Self-Publishing is.  This story takes place in Russia where "Samizdat" is forbidden.  Paul Pope would actually start the comic without picture, but with a definition of: Samizdat. 
 

Samizdat (n.) From the Russian. Sam, meaning self, and izdat, meaning printed.  Works which would or could not be published in authoritarian societies were often circulated privately in mimeographed form.
 
They were circulated from hand to hand in Moscow.  The state soon recognized the samizdat as a force to be reckoned with.

The other symbolic thing about this story is the presentation is homage to the mimeograph as a cheap way to reproduce work to distribute.  Paul Pope understand "comics" are more then pictures and words, it is a medium that has unlimited potential if your mind is creative enough.
 
Thanks Paul for reminding me a simple $1 comic could be something worth so much more.  As for this comic, you reader of my review, if you can find this for $1 get it, since it hasn't sold for that since 1993.  The resale value is a lot more for this comic for the rarity of it.
 
Cheers
 - Silkcuts