Sax Rohmer'S Dope

A talented young actress becomes fatally ensnared in Londons mysterious and glittery drug culture of the early 20th century. Trina Robbins graphic novel adaptation of Sax Rohmers sensational 1919 novel,DOPE was both the first novel to speak openly about the worlds international drug trade, and the first story to center around the death of a celebrity by drug overdose. As for the art, it is considered by many including Trina herself to be her best work ever as an illustrator.