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Reviewed on May 15, 2020 | Graphic Novels
Italian graphic novelist Catacchio (Gaijin!) structures this appreciation of the life and art of painter Jackson Pollock (1912–56) around a CIA scheme to promote abstract expressionism in order to "counteract the cultural influence the Soviet Bloc [had] on western artists and intellectuals" in the late 1940s. The story is narrated by CIA agent Dan Adkins (the CIA operation is factual; Adkins is Catacchio's invention), as he reflects on the time he ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
