Magic Boy & the Robot Elf
2003
First Published
3.17
Average Rating
80
Number of Pages
by James Kochalka Magic Boy is an old, decrepit man. Lonely and confused, he decides to build a robotic replica of himself. However, the robot goes insane and attacks his creator, then goes back in time, and kills his creator's childhood self. The robot then lives out the entirety of his creator's life in his stead. Space and time warp around Magic Boy and his Robot Elf, and fact and fantasy fracture and get shuffled together.
Avg Rating
3.17
Number of Ratings
101
5 STARS
10%
4 STARS
27%
3 STARS
42%
2 STARS
14%
1 STARS
8%
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Author
James Kochalka
Author · 33 books
James Kochalka is an American comic book artist and writer, and rock musician. His comics are noted for their blending of the real and the surreal. Largely autobiographical, Kochalka's cartoon expression of the world around him includes such real-life characters as his wife, children, cat, friends and colleagues, but always filtered through his own observations and flights of whimsy. In March 2011 he will be declared the cartoonist laureate of Vermont, serving a term of two years.
