Puke Force by Brian Chippendale

Puke Force is social satire written dark and dense across Brian Chippendale's deconstructed multiverse of walking, talking M and Ms, hamsters, and cycloptic-yet-glamorous trivia hosts. In scathingly funny single-page strips that build and build, he takes on social media narcissism, governmental propaganda, racism, the hypocrisies of the left, and a culture of violence. A bomb explodes in a coffee shop: the incident is played out over and over again from the perspective of each table in the shop, revisiting moments from ten and twenty years before. We see the inevitable as the characters bicker or celebrate, unaware of what awaits them. Throughout this dystopic graphic novel, Chippendale uses humour and a frantic drawing style to show how the insidious nature of corporate greed and the commodification of everything have warped society into a killing machine. Sardonic and self-aware, Puke Force asks all the right questions, providing a startling and on-point take on contemporary social issues. Chippendale's artwork makes each panel a masterpiece of thrumming line-work and lo-fi magic, as his storytelling wends and winds its way to a fascinating conclusion.

"Chippendale's... obsessively detailed [comics] feel like [they've] been shot straight from his brain onto the page." - Village Voice

About the Author
Brian Chippendale is a musician and artist based in Providence, Rhode Island. He was one of the founding members of the Fort Thunder collective. Chippendale is the author of Maggots, If n Oof, and Ninja, and the drummer/singer half of the noise rock band Lightning Bolt.


Book Information
ISBN 9781770462199
Author Brian Chippendale
Format Hardback
Page Count 120
Imprint Drawn and Quarterly
Publisher Drawn and Quarterly
Weight(grams) 822g
Dimensions(mm) 214mm * 280mm * 19mm