Box Office Poison | |
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Creator | Alex Robinson |
Date | 2001 |
Main characters | Sherman Davies Ed Velasquez Beatrice Dorothy Lestrade Stephen Gaedel Jane Pekar Irving Flavor |
Page count | 608 pages |
Publisher | (comic book) Antarctic Press (collected edition) Top Shelf Productions |
Original publication | |
Published in | Box Office Poison |
Issues | 1-21 |
Date of publication | Oct. 1996 – Oct. 2000 |
Language | English |
ISBN | 978-1891830198 (paperback) |
Translation | |
Publisher | Rackham |
Date | 2004 |
ISBN | 978-2878270839 |
Chronology | |
Followed by | BOP! More Box Office Poison |
Box Office Poison is a series of comic books (originally published by Antarctic Press) by Alex Robinson. It was published in collected form by Top Shelf Productions in 2001. The story concerns the life and trials of a group of young people in New York City.
The French edition won the Prix du premier album (Prize for First Comic Book) at the 2005 Angoulême International Comics Festival.
The A.V. Club named Box Office Poison one of the best comics of the decade.[1] Top 100 Graphic Novels named it as the 84th best comic ever made.[2]