Synopses & Reviews
Readers and moviegoers have read and seen many growing-up-in-the-big- city-then-being-drafted-into-World-War-II tales, both real and fictional, but none with the visual pizazz and feisty humor of . Co-created by George L. Chieffet (script) and veteran cartoonist and animator Stephen DeStefano (plot and art), is almost the flipside to dramatic works on the same theme such as and . Elegantly drawn in a supremely confident, lively, cartoony black-and-white style that recalls Milt Gross as well as classic Disney animation and comics, is a unique coming-of-age story that follows its lovable eponymous hero Lucky Testatuda from his rascally teen years in Hoboken, New Jersey's Little Italy to his induction into the air force and subsequent wartime experiences. shows what happens when a feisty young man merges his erotic fantasies with 1940s film myths: Moving from the '40s to present day (from which an aged, present-day Lucky looks back on his life), the book contrasts Lucky's vivid fantasy life with the darker reality of World War II (including a masterful set-piece sequence that echoes Harvey Kurtzman's classic EC war comics) as well as his first fumbling, cash-on-the-barrelhead sexual experiences. ultimately the poignant discoveries Lucky makes on his way to adulthood bestow upon him a very different kind of heroism than that of which he had dreamed... The second and concluding volume, will be released in 2013.
Review
"We're all lucky when Stephen DeStefano draws comics. With scriptwriter George Chieffet, he's produced his sharpest, most poignant work. DeStefano's agile cartooning evokes the seeming simplicity of an earlier time, yet reads like the story that was really going on behind the heroism and glamour of the 'golden age' strips." David Mazzucchelli, author of Asterios Polyp
Synopsis
I was fifteen in 1942, and I was five foot three, which is the tallest I ever was. I had jet black hair and a smile as big as day. Readers and moviegoers have read and seen many growing-up-in-the-big- city-then-being-drafted-into-World-War-II tales, both real and fictional, but none with the visual pizazz and feisty humor ofLucky in Love. Co-created by George L. Chieffet (script) and veteran cartoonist and animator Stephen DeStefano (plot and art), Lucky in Love is almost the flipside to dramatic works on the same theme such as Alan s War and You ll Never Know. Elegantly drawn in a supremely confident, lively, cartoony black-and-white style that recalls Milt Gross as well as classic Disney animation and comics, Lucky in Love is a unique coming-of-age story that follows its lovable eponymous hero Lucky Testatuda from his rascally teen years in Hoboken, New Jersey s Little Italy to his induction into the air force and subsequent wartime experiences. Lucky in Love shows what happens when a feisty young man merges his erotic fantasies with 1940s film myths: Moving from the 40s to present day (from which an aged, present-day Lucky looks back on his life), the book contrasts Lucky s vivid fantasy life with the darker reality of World War II (including a masterful set-piece sequence that echoes Harvey Kurtzman s classic EC war comics) as well as his first fumbling, cash-on-the-barrelhead sexual experiences. ultimately the poignant discoveries Lucky makes on his way to adulthood bestow upon him a very different kind of heroism than that of which he had dreamed... The second and concluding volume, Lucky in Love: Lucky for Life will be released in 2013. "
Synopsis
The visual pizzazz and feisty humor of
Lucky in Love sets this semi-fictionalized WWII graphic memoir apart. Co-created by George L. Chieffet (script) and cult cartoonist and animator Stephen DeStefano (plot and art),
Lucky in Love has a different tone than the graphic novels
Alan's War and
You'll Never Know elegantly drawn in a supremely confident, bouncy, cartoony black-and-white style that recalls Milt Gross as well as classic Disney animation and comics.
Lucky in Love is a unique coming-of-age story that follows Lucky Testatuda from his rascally teen years in a New Jersey Little Italy neighborhood to his induction into the air force and subsequent wartime experiences.
Lucky in Love shows Lucky merging his erotic fantasies with 1940s film myths: Moving from the ''40s to the present day, the book contrasts Lucky vivid fantasy life with the darker reality of World War II, including Lucky's sexual initiation and, in a masterful set-piece sequence that echoes Harvey Kurtzman's classic EC war comics, the horrors of armed combat.
Synopsis
A light-footed comic novel of World War II--with a serious side.
About the Author
George L. Chieffet has published over 75 poems mostly in literary journals no one ever heard of, and a number of short stories, most recently "My Lithuanian Sweetheart" in the Broadkill review. He has also collaborated on three plays with the avant-garde actor Paul Rajeckas, one of which, "Notes to the Motherland," was awarded a "Best Play of 2004" by TheatreMania.com.Stephen DeStefano has been a professional cartoonist since he was 15. He has drawn comics for DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Oni and Fantagraphics. In 1992 he began working in television animation on Ren & Stimpy, and more recently was a supervisor on Adult Swim's The Venture Brothers. He currently resides in Hoboken, New Jersey, with his wife Siobhán.