Mutant World & Son of Mutant World
by Richard CORBEN & Jan Strnad
2019 Anomaly Productions
Underground Comix Graphic Novel
HARDCOVER WITH DUST JACKET
Only 1,000 copies printed!
Collects the entire Mutant World story originally published in 1984 Magazine #3-#9.
Also collects entire Son of Mutant World comic series #1-5 originally published by Fantagor Press.
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MUTANT WORLD And SON OF MUTANT WORLD (Anomaly Publications, 2019)
ONLY 1000 copies total, printed as dust-jacketed hardcovers, were published as the result of a successful Kickstarter campaign.
IT IS IN ABSOLUTELY MINT “DAY IT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE PRINTER” CONDITION!~
THIS IMMEDIATELY WENT OUT-OF-PRINT ON THE DAY OF PUBLICATION!!!
A hardback, collector's edition of two graphic novels, Mutant World (1982) 72 pages, and its sequel Son Of Mutant World (1990) 60 pages, for mature readers.
Full-color, 160 letter-sized pages, with bonus material, including the original covers to Mutant World and Son of Mutant World with and without the logo and bullets (virgin state), a couple of vintage photos of Richard and Jan from the era, and the original introductions to the first Mutant World graphic novel.
These stories have been Out Of Print for more than thirty years, this is the definitive edition. Written by Richard Corben and Jan Strnad, illustrated by Richard Corben.
The back story is this:
Back in 1978, artist Richard Corben and his writing partner Jan Strnad created the graphic novel Mutant World, a post-apocalyptic tale about a mutant named 'Dimento' and his quest for love and survival in a world that no longer harbors love for living things. In the course of his adventure he runs afoul of wild beasts, a religious fanatic, sewer creatures, mad scientists, and devious mutants determined to cheat him out of his hard-won foodstuffs.
This initially ran as a serial in the first eight issues of the comic magazine'1984' (eight pages each issue for a total of 64 pages), published by James WARREN, best known for his legendary Famous Monsters of Filmland, as well as the b&w comic mags Creepy, Eerie and Vampirella. (Warren went bankrupt in 1983, partially as result of Harlan Ellison's winning his suit for plagiarism.)
Unfortunately the publication of this creator-owned graphic novel in '1984' magazine was marred by the machinations of 1984's editor, Bill Dubay, who butchered dialogue, rewrote text, and rearranged panels on a whim, WITHOUT CONSENT OR NOTIFICATION and sometimes blatantly against creators' wishes, making it sexually-offensive and raunchier in a deluded effort to up the 'adult' level so as to (supposedly) compete with Heavy Metal magazine?!?!
(Dubay also infuriated fellow comics legend Wally Wood by destroying the last 12-page story 'The End' that Wood wrote and drew for Warren, physically cutting the original art into two 6-page stories 'Quick Cut' and 'One Night Down On The Funny Farm', and rewriting all the text so that one had nothing to do with the other, nor anything to do with the original story!)
The Mutant World story was finally published as intended - restoring the original dialogue/text AND ADDING EIGHT NEW PAGES to deepen the story and smooth the transitions between chapters (bringing the total to 72 pages) a few years later when Corben's own imprint Fantagor Press published it in 1982, both as a limited signed & numbered hardcover of 100 copies (actually the rarest of all Corben limited signed & numbered books) and as a trade paperback.
The sequel, Son Of Mutant World saw its only previous publication in five issues of a comic book of that same title, twelve pages per issue, for a total of 60 pages, that was also published by Corben's Fantagor imprint during 1990.
The story centers on Dimento's grown daughter, Dimentia, her companion bear, Ollie, and a handful of other survivors on their journey to find safe haven on an island besieged by a mutant gang and brain-sucking plants.
The first two episodes were printed in color, the last three in black-and-white (unfortunately all poorly on pulp paper which muddied the color work and the b&w halftones).
For this edition, a combination of high-quality paper, and beautiful coloring/recoloring of the ENTIRE story by professional colorist Beth Corben (Richard's daughter) makes it the very FIRST TIME IT HAS EVER BEEN SEEN/PRINTED AS CORBEN INTENDED IT!
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Mutant World and Son of Mutant World
Dec. 2019. Anomaly Publications. Color. 140 pgs.
“Mutant Bear [VERS.2]”
Front Cover Art a/c/r[FiF, pg 184, CI-card #P5]-Richard Corben. Color.
The digitally remastered version.
Inside Mutant World (pgs 141-160):
“Mutant Bear”
Pg 142. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Pager.
First edition in 1982, printed in Spain, distributed by Catalan Communications, front cover with Indies.
“Mutant Bear [vers.2]”
Pg 143. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Pager.
The digitally remastered version without Indies.
“Son of Mutant World #1 [Cover]”
Pg 144. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Pager.
The original front cover with Indies.
“Dimentia and Ollie“
Pg 145. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Pager.
The original art work for the cover of Son of Mutant World #1 (1990).
“Son of Mutant World #2 [Cover]”
Pg 146. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Pager.
The original front cover with Indies.
“Lizard and Mouse“
Pg 147. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Pager.
The original art work for the cover of Son of Mutant World #2 (1990).
“Son of Mutant World #3 [Cover]”
Pg 148. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Pager.
The original front cover with Indies.
“Mutant Fight“
Pg 149. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Pager.
The original art work for the cover of Son of Mutant World #3 (1990).
“Son of Mutant World #4 [Cover]”
Pg 150. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Pager.
The original front cover with Indies.
“Lecher Plants“
Pg 151. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Pager.
The original art work for the cover of Son of Mutant World #4 (1990).
“Son of Mutant World #5 [Cover]”
Pg 152. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Pager.
The original front cover with Indies.
“Mutant Eclipse“
Pg 153. a/c-Richard Corben. Color. Pager.
The original art work for the cover of Son of Mutant World #5 (1990).
Photo Gallery (pgs 154-158): Richard Corben as Dimento; Richard Corben as Father Dove; Bruce Jones as Max; Karen Gilbertson as Julie; Karen Gilbertson as Unnamed Lab Assistant; Richard Corben and Jan Strnad circa 1980; Corben at his home studio circa 1980; Corben at his home studio. “The head is a foam rubber puppet head made for some unknown movie project.”; Richard (background) and Beth (foreground) at the home studio. “I think we were working on another self-published comic, From the Pit.; and Richard Corben behind camera.
Pg 3: Introduction by Jan Strand
Pg 159: Jan Strnad’s Original Introduction to Mutant World (1982)
Pg 160: Richard Corben’s Original Introduction to Mutant World (1982)
“Mutant World”, Prologue [SYNOPSIS].
1 pg: pg 7. s/a/c-Richard Corben. Color.
In this version, all pages scanned from the original 1982 print. [id].
“Mutant World”, Part 1(8)
8 pgs: pgs 8-15. s/a/c/r[1984 #1 (1978)]-Richard Corben.
“Mutant World”, Part 2(8)
9 pgs: pgs 16-24. s/a/c/r[1984 #2 (1978)]-Richard Corben.
“Mutant World”, Part 3(8)
8 pgs: pgs 25-32. s-Jan Strnad, a/c/r[1984 #3 (1978)]-Richard Corben
“Mutant World”, Part 4(8)
11 pgs: pgs 33-43. s-Jan Strnad, a/c/r[1984 #4 (1978)]-Richard Corben
“Mutant World”, Part 5(8)
10 pgs: pgs 44-53. s-Jan Strnad, a/c/r[1984 #5 (1979)]-Richard Corben
“Mutant World”, Part 6(8)
8 pgs: pgs 54-61. s-Jan Strnad, a/c/r[1984 #6 (1979)]-Richard Corben
“Mutant World”, Part 7(8)
8 pgs: pgs 62-69. s-Jan Strnad, a/c/r[1984 #7 (1979)]-Richard Corben
“Mutant World”, Part 8(8)
9 pgs: pgs 70-78. s-Jan Strnad, a/c/r[1984 #8 (1979)]-Richard Corben
“Son of Mutant World”, Part 1(5) [SYNOPSIS].
12 pgs: pgs 81-92. s-Jan Strnad, a-Richard Corben, c-Beth Corben Reed. Color. Lettering: printed.
In this version, scanned from the original B&W art plates, and totally new recovering by Beth Corben Reed, under the approval of Richard Corben.
“Son of Mutant World”, Part 2(5)
12 pgs: pgs 93-104. s-Jan Strnad, a-Richard Corben, c-Beth Corben Reed. Color. Lettering: printed.
“Son of Mutant World”, Part 3(5)
12 pgs: pgs 105-116. s-Jan Strnad, a-Richard Corben, c-Beth Corben Reed. Color. Lettering: printed.
“Son of Mutant World”, Part 4(5)
12 pgs: pgs 117-128. s-Jan Strnad, a-Richard Corben, c-Beth Corben Reed. Color. Lettering: printed.
“Son of Mutant World”, Part 5(5)
12 pgs: pgs 129-140. s-Jan Strnad, a-Richard Corben, c-Beth Corben Reed. Color. Lettering: printed.