Pope Hats #5

The long anticipated return to Frances Scarland’s story. Life now plays a different tune for our guileless insomniac. While Vickie flourishes in Los Angeles with startling ease, Frances must endure the ever-shifting terrain of her immense law firm. Can Frances become a grounded person in the face of impending, boundless doom? Can she not drink too much? What’s up with her love life? Find out in the biggest and most intensive issue of Pope Hats yet.

Pope Hats has received multiple awards, including Doug Wright, Ignatz, and Joe Shuster awards. Ethan Rilly has also been shortlisted for Eisner Awards and received a Xeric Foundation grant.

Pope Hats by Ethan Rilly is the most impressive debut comic I’ve seen in years. The work has that deceptive quality of ease about it-the characters breeze across the page with sparkling dialogue and wonderfully observed gestures.
-Seth