THE COLLECTED TOPPI Volume 8 The Collector

Far from the auction halls of the elite, The Collector seeks out rare and mysterious artifacts across the world. He is as at home in the salons of Paris as he is in the jungles of Borneo. Set against the backdrop of late 19th-century colonialism, this collection of short stories and swashbuckling adventures is full of surprises and twists, as Toppi is well known for! First published in Italy in 2015. Introduction by Sean Gordon Murphy: "Toppi's the joke that the gods played on us artists. One day the gods decided they wanted to teach every artist a lesson in humility...and for the rest of his life, Toppi barraged us with evidence that we'd all missed something." "I discovered artists like Zaffino, Sienkiewicz, and Cohen...all people inspired by Toppi..."