Unlike the moralistic cartoons of the New Yorker or the slapstick of manga, “Amanda: A Dream Come True” belongs to a specific lineage of post-punk illustration—think of the graphic nihilism of Raymond Pettibon or the detached cool of early MTV animation. Strange uses the cartoon format because it is the language of mass consumption. We consume dreams in four-panel strips. By placing a deeply ironic, almost gothic sensibility into that format, he invites the viewer to ask: Whose dream is this? And why does its fulfillment feel like a loss?
The "Dream Come True" series is defined by its episodic exploration of diverse settings. Using the Dream Machine, Amanda and Steve travel through various "portals" to experience: Amanda A Dream Come True Cartoon By Steve Strange
Using the modest fortune he had saved from his "Fade to Grey" royalties, Strange founded . He hired a small team of disillusioned Disney animators and European graphic novelists. The goal was simple, if daunting: create a fully hand-drawn animated film that looked like nothing else on Earth. The keyword, as Strange would later scrawl on the production bible, was "Amanda: A Dream Come True"— a title that served both as a plot summary and a personal manifesto. Unlike the moralistic cartoons of the New Yorker
