The Annotated Mantooth

A single-issue 2002 release from AiT/Planet Lar, The Annotated Mantooth is a deadpan, metatextual gag that presents itself as a scholarly, footnoted edition of a nonexistent comic book series. Written and drawn by the publisher's co-founder, it lampoons both the pretensions of academic analysis and the tropes of superhero comics through its meticulous annotation of a deliberately absurd, barely-there story. A cult curio for fans of satirical, deconstructive humor in the medium.