![]() It actually serves as a prequel, and we get to see a lot more of Aurora’s relationship with Haggard and some of the events leading up to Haggard’s final battle. Now, the second book in the series arrives: The Rise of Aurora West. ![]() It’s as Aurora is preparing herself to take over her father’s role when Battling Boy arrives on the scene, stealing the spotlight. ![]() Haggard has been keeping the monsters at bay and has been training his daughter Aurora in the family business … until he is killed in battle in the first scene of the book. He’s a bit like Batman–he has no superpowers but uses a lot of gadgets of his own design. ![]() But he’s not the only one fighting off the monsters.Īrcopolis has its own hero: Haggard West. His nameless father is some sort of war-god, and Battling Boy has been sent to this realm as a sort of coming-of-age ritual. ![]() (If you haven’t read it yet, you should look it up!) While talking to Pope, I could tell that he’s interested in using comics to tell deeper stories: although it may appear to be just about a monster-fighting super-kid on the surface, Pope draws from classical hero stories and mythology.īattling Boy, released last year, is about a young boy who is sent to Arcopolis, a vast city overrun by child-stealing monsters. Paul Pope is a prolific cartoonist and illustrator, perhaps best known for Batman: Year 100, for which he won two Eisner awards. Today’s episode is an interview with Paul Pope about his latest comic book series, Battling Boy. ![]()
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