"Tetra was a late 70s proto-cyberpunk transreal skin-mag SF epic
serialized graphic novel starring a naked woman with no hair and a
penchant for running-dialog wisecracks. The art is lovely, and
language play of the alien characters is worth the price of
admission alone. As an added part of the fun we have Malcolm Mc
Neill's ruminative introduction which includes unblinking memories
of the freakazoid Disco Era, and of William S. Burroughs, with whom
he labored to produce the legendary unfinished graphic novel Ah
Pook Is Here." - Rudy Rucker, author of the Ware Tetralogy.
"Serialized in the 1970s, Malcolm Mc Neill's incomparable work of
esoterica maps the terrain that would be excavated by Alan Moore in
the 1980s and beyond. This first-edition collection includes an
introduction and afterword by the author and artist that provides
insight into the composition of the comic as well as the historical
context out of which it emerged; scholars of the form will find it
as enjoyable as it is enlightening. Surreal, erotic, operatic, and
influenced by Mc Neill's longtime relationship with William S.
Burroughs, Tetra presages the graphic-novel standard that
increasingly defines the flows of technologized culture and
desire." - D. Harlan Wilson, author of J.G. Ballard: Modern Master
of Science Fiction
"Set against a science fiction backdrop, Tetra explores fundamental
elements of the human experience, how we connect with others, and
what it means to be the authors of our own stories. Mc Neill's
introduction and afterward provide a fascinating metatextual
exploration of the work, making clear the connections between
author and story and explaining challenges relating to content and
form. Both intimate and objective, Mc Neill aptly brings this work
from the past into the present and even our future." - Sara Van
Ness, author of Watchmen as Literature
"Oh, the illustrations! They're like paintings, hanging by golden
frames in the National Museum of the Empire of Sci-Fi! Malcolm
McNeill's panels manage to take on a life of their own and look
like stills from an alien art film made into a graphic novel." -
Thomas Papadimitropoulos, Comicdom
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