The world of comic book collectors Seth draws is less like The Android’s Dungeon and more like Johnny Quest - slightly dangerous, and slightly silly. In the end, Wimbledon Green is worth the quick read that it is. The fictionalized historical comic book world portrayed in Wimbledon Green is certainly worth a chuckle at times, but doesn’t seem to make much of a larger point about comics or do much to draw in readers who are not already interested in actual comic history. Wimbledon Green tells the convoluted story of the eccentric comic book collector. However, it is in this overarching plot that Seth reverts to well-trod ground. Show More Haven in that both comics make use of the formal structure of classic comic anthologies to convey a single overarching plot. Part riotous chase, part whimsical character sketch, Wimbledon Green looks at the need to collect and the need to reinvent oneself. Are Green's intentions honorable? Does he truly love comics or is he driven by the need to conquer? Lastly, is he really even Wimbledon Green? A charming and amusing caper where comic-book collecting is a world of intrigue and high finance. Comic-book retailers, auctioneers, and conventioneers from around North America, as well as Green's collecting rivals, weigh in on the man and his vast collection of comic books.
Meet Wimbledon Green, the self-proclaimed world's greatest comic-book collector who brokered the world's best comic-book deal in the history of collecting. Taking a break from the serialization of his saga Clyde Fans and the design of The Complete Peanuts, critically acclaimed cartoonist and illustrator Seth creates a farcical world of the people whose passion lies in the need to own comic books and only in pristine, mint condition.
From the critically acclaimed cartoonist of Clyde Fans and It's A Good Life comes a humorous graphic novel on the obsession of comic-book collecting.
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