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The Mundane Adventures of Dishman
Hardcover 108 pp
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English (Canada) · Black Eye
About this edition
This limited edition Dishman collection is unapologetically black and white from cover to cover. But make no mistake, this is no photocopied pamphlet—this is prestige black and white, with a matte laminated printed hardcover featuring brand new cover art by John MacLeod, and deep inky blacks on high quality uncoated paper inside.
NOW 108 pages! Matte laminated printed hardcover, 5.5" x 8.5", black and white on uncoated paper interior. For mature readers.
Plot
An integral part of Canadian comic book history, minicomic meets masterpiece edition with this hardcover collection of John MacLeod’s The Mundane Adventures of Dishman.
Dishman launched as an 8-page minicomic in 1985, near the crest of the eighties small-press comics boom. It was one of the top-selling minis of the time, a proverbial big fish in a small pond. Ten issues were published between 1985 and 1990, and Eclipse Comics released a collection of the first six in 1988. Two more issues were published digitally in 2018.
A combination slice-of-life character/superhero study Dishman is the story of Paul Mahler, a schoolteacher who—after years of washing radioactive Fiestaware—suddenly gains the power of instantly cleaning dishes and putting them away by telekinesis, and his attempts to launch a career as a costumed crimefighter. It’s the superhero comic for people who don’t like superheroes. And in true Canadian fashion, Dishman’s satirical absurdity comes from playing everything absolutely straight.
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Publication date
March 2022
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