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Bumperhead
CreatorGilbert Hernandez
Date2014
Page count120 pages
PublisherDrawn and Quarterly

Bumperhead is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, published by Drawn and Quarterly in 2014.

The 120-page,[1] five-chapter graphic novel follows its aimless protagonist from elementary school to middle age.[2] Bobby Numbly grows up in Oxnard, California—Hernandez's own hometown. His nickname "Bumperhead" is slang for someone who copies all that he sees others doing.[1] The first chapter looks at his early childhood; the second his teenage years, when he gets into drugs and sex and listens to glam and prog rock; the third his aimless early adulthood; the fourth his punk-rock early 20s; and the last his middle-aged adulthood.[3]

References

Works cited

  • Brown, Hillary (2014-09-26). "Bumperhead by Gilbert Hernandez". Paste. Retrieved 2015-06-19. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Gehr, Richard (2014-09-25). "Bumperhead". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2015-06-19. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Sava, Oliver (2014-09-19). "Gilbert Hernandez's Bumperhead tackles adolescence, adulthood, and anger". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2015-06-19. {{cite web}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)