Box Office Poison

Box Office Poison

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Publication information
Publisher Antarctic Press
Top Shelf Productions
Genre Romance
Creative team
Creator(s) Alex Robinson

Box Office Poison is a series of comic books (originally published by Antarctic Press) by Alex Robinson. It was published in collected form by Top Shelf Productions in 2001. The story concerns the life and trials of a group of young people in New York City.

Box Office Poison has been translated into Spanish, titled Malas Ventas; French, titled De mal en pis, and Greek. It won the Prix du premier album (Prize for First Comic Book) at the 2005 Angoulême International Comics Festival.

The A.V. club named it one of the best comics of the decade.[1]

The collected Box Office Poison is over 600 pages long. Robinson has stated that serializing such a long story in black-and-white form was inspired by one of his cartooning heroes, Dave Sim (author of Cerebus.)[2]

Contents

Characters

Box Office Poison features a wide array of major, supporting, and minor characters from many walks of life.

Lead characters

Supporting characters

Minor characters

Awards

The 608 page volume of the series was nominated for the Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work in 2002, and an Eisner Award, Ignatz Award and a Firecracker Award in 2001 and 2002. The French version of Box Office Poison, called De Mal En Pis, won the Prix Du Premier Album at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2005.

Media referenced in Box Office Poison

Box Office Poison references a large and eclectic body of media. Below is a partial list:

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