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3.5/5 Barnes & Noble Media type Print, e-book ISBN 978-0-316-09882-3 Publisher Little, Brown and Company | 4/5 Goodreads Publication date October 18, 2010 Pages 80 pages Originally published 18 October 2010 Genre Graphic novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Illustrators Rick Veitch, Ramona Fradon, Michael Netzer Similar Goodnight Bush, Don't Let the Republic, The Maximortal, Sophisticated Suspence ‑ Swamp T, Unknown Soldier: Beautiful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The adventures of unemployed man by erich origen gan golan
The Adventures of Unemployed Man is a 2010 parody comic book created by Erich Origen and Gan Golan. The book was published on October 18, 2010 through Little, Brown & Company.
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- Synopsis
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Origen and Golan stated that they came up with the idea of using the comic book as a medium as a "dose of emergency comic relief" and because they saw the idea of "ordinary people" dealing with large issues such as unemployment as "not that far" from the idea of superheroes battling large villains.
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Synopsis
The book follows Unemployed Man, an out of work superhero and his sidekick Plan B. Unemployed Man first began as The Ultimatum, a rich superhero that looked down upon the poor and unemployed as lazy or otherwise unmotivated. He later loses his job and is defeated by the Invisible Hand, eventually ending up homeless. Unemployed Man must then seek a new job and team up with other superheroes in the same situation he is currently in.
Reception
The book was reviewed in Wired and Time. The Guardian called it "a furious, fearless, Swiftian kind of a book". Publishers Weekly stated that the "entire message comes off as preaching to the choir".