Brian Doherty on Battling Boy and the Libertarian Stain

The most recent
graphic novel from the much-lauded cartoonist Paul Pope is
Battling Boy (First Second), a modern take on a youthful
hero sent from an Asgard-like land of gods to protect a city from
ghouls and monsters. The Comics Journal, a leading organ
of comics criticism, likes the book. But, points out
Reason senior editor Brian Doherty, because Pope has
produced explicitly libertarian-themed comics in the past, reviewer
Charles Hatfield cautions that “Pope’s libertarian streak reveals
itself, again.”

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