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RASL
''RASL'' is a 2013 graphic novel by cartoonist Jeff Smith. A sci-fi noir, it is the story of RASL (Dr. Robert Joseph Johnson), an art thief who jumps to parallel universes in attempts to steal famous paintings, but runs into danger as he is pursued by the government.
''RASL'' draws influences from real-life events, people, and places, including Nikola Tesla, Southwestern Native American culture, and hardboiled crime fiction. The book's central storyline is narrated extensively through the protagonist's thoughts, aided by the use of flashbacks to tell the story of his past. Smith's art style is high-contrast black-and-white, and is notably more detailed and "human" than his previous work ''Bone''.
''RASL'' originally appeared in serial form in an independently published black-and-white comic book published from 2008–2012.
==Development==
Jeff Smith has stated that RASL came from a desire to do something completely different from his previous work ''Bone''. He came up with the idea in 1999 during the process of inking ''Bone''. He would watch films like ''Blade Runner'' and the Bourne film series and was interested how these movies could come together. Smith then talked to cartoonists Paul Pope and Frank Miller about the idea and gained support. Smith postponed his idea on ''RASL'' as to complete ''Bone'', and came back to it in 2007. Smith had an idea of how the story would end and what would happen but needed to organize it into a full-fledged story. He flew out to Arizona as he knew that part of the story would happen in the desert. He found the quiet and heat helped his ideas of the story and characters come to life. Smith was also interested in the visual aspects of film noir. Intense angles, heavy shadows, and a sense of discomfort. He then spent a year researching the latest in the theories of physics, M-theory, and string theory from the work of Brian Greene, Stephen Hawking, and Carl Sagan to get a feel of what scientists believe is happening with parallel worlds.
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