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Collected Hutch Owen Volume 1

By Andy Doan
February 17, 2008 - 20:00

This novel contains four collected books by the artist/writer Tom Hart. Each story follows the tribulations of a man who has dedicated his life to battling the establishment. This is a comedy about social consciousness.

Hutch Owens (the hero) sets his sites on four of the main evils of capitalist society, property ownership, the marketing of consumer goods, the stock market and printed media. He defends the world against the destruction of green space, culture loss and a brain dead magazine publisher. Each story is filled with lots of jokesaimed at modern life as well as a few life lessons for a man that seems pretty stuck in his ways.

The artwork throughout the book is very simple and flat. It does seem to have a bit of style but I would think for most part it takes a distant second to the actual story. This doesn't end up being too big of a problem. The stories are driven be dialog and humor, the art is well balanced against that.

The bottom line is, Hutch Owens is worth a read. I found the main character a little too annoying to be endearing. Near the end I found the practicability a bit amusing. Hutch is kind of like the anti-Hank Hill in that way, he embodies a point of view so well it's funny seeing him in situations where you know how he's going to react.

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