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World Hotels - Hotel California
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List Price: $14.99
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Manufacturer: NETCOMICS
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741
EAN: 9781600090295
Format: Illustrated
ISBN: 160009029X
Label: NETCOMICS
Manufacturer: NETCOMICS
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 2006-05-15
Publisher: NETCOMICS
Studio: NETCOMICS
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From Korea's legendary comedy writer comes Hotel California! JTK brings back his signature black humor and leaves the reader thirsty for more! Somewhere in America, a place with plenty of room for anyone who gets himself in trouble exists. Dallas Westcoast has taken revenge on his father's killer. Unfortunately, he has murdered the wrong person. Now he finds himself sucked into the vortex of what appears to be the twilight zone's demented sister--The Collin Prison: The Hotel California. Joy, the prison's only beautiful woman is actually a transsexual martial arts master. The warden in charge of the inmates is a country music fanatic who brainwashes his prisoners with the unceasing broadcast of his favorite country songs. Irving and Tom try to resist this bombardment of musical communism by holding fast to hip hop. Sit back and watch as they work up a non-stop series of absurd and hilarious events guaranteed to have you rolling on the floor. Welcome to the Hotel California!
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Summary: Funny read
Comment: Although "Hotel California" must have gotten most of its inspiration from Hollywood prison films, I still have to give a hand to the author, JTK, because he takes it to another level--of pure hilarity and absurdity. The ridiculous things that occur inside the prison will make your eyes pop.
Even though this story takes place in the good 'ole United States, the prison itself seems to exist in its own fantasy world where the reigning order is chaos. Perhaps this prison should be considered an insane asylum rather than a behavioral correction facility.
I was surprised to find out that this was written by a Korean author, because he had a pretty good wrap around American prison culture. I don't know how much of it is owed to the American translators, but the character design and the tone seemed realistic to America.
One thing that I did not appreciate was the blatant stereotypes being portrayed. I thought it could have let up on some stereotypes, or at least made it more sarcastic and critiquing of itself. Besides this and the unpolished artwork, I found "Hotel California" to be deserving of the chuckles that are bound to escape when reading it.
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