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The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln

1998

Paperback 6.7" x 10.2"
144 full color pages.

Though currently out of print, you MIGHT still find copies at book resellers.


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Overview:

People hated this book when it first came out!

My first attempt at computer-generated artwork was, by any reasonable measure, a flop. Reaction broke down into two groups: Those who despised the book and thought that the cartoony artwork and the 3D cgi backgrounds worked badly together, and a smaller group who liked the book—and thought that the cartoony artwork and the 3D cgi backgrounds worked badly together.

The story followed 10-year old Byron Johnson and his friend Marcie as they try to expose an imposter Abraham Lincoln before he can reclaim and "finish" his term as President of the United States. Halfway through, the real Abraham Lincoln is resurrected to help them, and then it turns out the whole thing was an alien plot and... oh, nevermind...

I like to think of The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln as a "noble failure." The consensus of comics fans at the time seemed to be that "failure" was description enough. Lately though, fans of the book have been coming out of hiding a bit more often, so maybe history won't be so harsh on it in the long run.

Maybe...


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