BOOK CLHUB – January 2025

Discuss an intriguing book in a relaxed atmosphere at the next meeting of the HUB COMICS BOOK CLHUB! We’ll talk both form and content regarding our pick-of-the-month, Rick Parker’s
Drafted, which is 10% off now ‘til BOOK CLHUB! Readers of all experience levels are welcome, but leave the kids at home as this book is for older readers. You don’t even have to buy a copy from Hub Comics! Admission is free, but bringing a copy is required.

Drafted is a powerful graphic novel memoir by Rick Parker, a shy, inexperienced, and overly protected teenager who gets drafted into the United States Army at the height of the Vietnam War. The looming threat of deployment informs every aspect of his life, from the most ludicrous experiences to the grimmest tests of endurance. Initially determined to do his patriotic duty, Parker gradually comes to the realization that he is just not cut out for a military career and wants nothing more than to serve his time and return to civilian life to pursue his dream of becoming an artist.

About the author: Rick Parker is a cartoonist best known for his work as the artist of the monthly MTV Beavis and Butt-Head comic book series published by Marvel Comics. He is also the illustrator of The Ghoulunatics and a series of parody comics for Papercutz, which includes titles such as Diary of a Stinky Dead Kid, Harry Potty and the Deathly Boring, Breaking Down (a Twilight Saga parody), Percy Jerkson and the Ovolactovegetarians, The Hunger Pains, and The Farting Dead. He lives in Falmouth, Maine.