Jan 30, 2015 lemire is writing the comic with dustin nguyen doing the art. This timeline shows the sheer scope of their scififantasy hybrid. Descender tells the story of a robot kid named tim21, his creator, and the crew that is sent to find him after he wakes up from a dormant 10year long sleep. Descender tome 2 descender dustin nguyen, jeff lemire. Descender is a comic book series where humans perform an ethnic cleansing of robots. Descender graphic novels d graphic novels graphic novels.
In a world where all androids have been outlawed, one young robot fights for his life as bounty hunters pursue him relentlessly one planet at a time. Feels like a story that asimov would have concocted. Descender is jeff lemires creatorowned projet, illustrated by dustin nguyen, and is another ongoing series that image comics can proudly talk about. The comic book is beautiful to look at and if the story can continue to engage and surprise then this will be a big hit. One young robots struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. Descender is a comic book that throws a lot at a reader in the first issue. It lasted a total of five issues before being cancelled, along with ecs other new direction comics. Image comics is known to set loose some very potential comic series. A young robot struggling to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet.
Weve been selling comics since 1961 our first sale. Mar 04, 2015 descender tells the story of a robot kid named tim21, his creator, and the crew that is sent to find him after he wakes up from a dormant 10year long sleep. Jeff lemire born march 21, 1976 is a canadian cartoonist. A comic book or comic for short is a magazine or book containing sequential art. Sony picks up jeff lemire comic descender exclusive. Mar 04, 2015 descender is the best new comic book of 2015. Descender graphic novels, books, trade paperbacks and hardcovers published by image comics. Although the term implies otherwise, the subject matter in comic books is not necessarily humorous. All of the abuse is unpleasant to witness, but it isnt even the worst thing weve seen in this. Imagine the universe of mass effect, bled dry of its small amounts of hope or optimism. Entertainment weekly young robot boy tim21 and his companions struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every. Review of descender by jeff lemire and dustin nguyen. Outside of the new 52, and the earth one series super hero comics, havent really gelled all that much with me, so whatre are some nonsuperhero comic books that you would recommend.
In this world, robots have sort of been outlawed during tims sleep, since during those ten years, every planet of the galaxy was confronted by a giantplanet sizedrobot, who attacked and. Lemire is writing the comic with dustin nguyen doing the art. Comic book creator standard edition descargar otro. Tin stars is a new sciencefiction comic on image by jeff lemire and dustin nguyen the artist, not the karate guy from 21 jump street. In a competitive bidding war, sony has picked up the movie rights to descender, an upcoming scifi comic written by jeff lemire and. Lemire pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling epic. A riproaring and heartfelt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling space opera from the creators of trillium. Mar 04, 2015 descender is a comic book that throws a lot at a reader in the first issue. In a sense, descender is another sign that comic book creators and the comic book audience arent monolithic.
Recommendation whatre in your opinion the best nonsuperhero comic books. He is the author of titles including the essex county trilogy, sweet tooth, the nobody, and animal man. January 25, 2019 in the upcoming ascender, jeff lemire and dustin nguyen present the next chapter of the thrilling epic that began with descender. The bimonthly comic was published by bill gaines and edited by al feldstein. Amid hollywoods call, new descender comic book is his big picture for new comic descender, lemire sets his sights on what he says is important. A riproaring and heartfelt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling space opera from the creators of trillium, sweet tooth, and little gotham.
Descender writer jeff lemire and artist dustin nguyen present descender, a space epic that pits man against machine. Diamonds olive branch distribution center announces reduced operational hours. To provide the best possible service with a reduced staff, and to allow time for enhanced cleaning and other procedures, diamonds olive branch distribution center will process orders from monday through wednesday until further notice. It tells the story of a robot who wakes up 10 years after a group of planetsized robots, the harvesters, have rampaged through the galaxy. Descender is a comic you should read if you like mass effect. Dustin nguyens watercolours help to make the world feel unique and set descender apart from the majority of comic book art, however at times it can seem more like concept sketches than the finished art. In a sense, descender is another sign that comicbook creators and the comicbook audience arent monolithic.
Valiant is coming back but well let that one slip the problem is, we dont know which titles will be coming back yet. This is a comic book series that will leave you dreaming and imagining yourself in this created world. Written by awardwinning creator, jeff lemire, descender is a riproaring and heartfelt cosmic odyssey. Descender, tome 2, descender, dustin nguyen, jeff lemire, urban comics. The descender movie is coming, so read the comics now.
Recommendation whatre in your opinion the best non. Despite its name being derived from the greek goddess of the harvest, demeter, becky cloonans minicomic which debuted at tcaf last weekend, really has very little to do with the presence of higher beings. His work in the 2010s includes allnew hawkeye, extraordinary xmen, moon knight and old man logan for marvel, descender and plutona for image comics, and bloodshot reborn for valiant. Newsweeks best comic books of 2018 2018, 2017, 2016 yalsas great graphic novels for teens 2015 nprs best books of the year your new scifi obsession is here, and its name is descender. Feb 04, 2016 descender, a space opera comic released by image, is so damn good that sony bought the rights to adapt it to film based on the first issue alone. Descender, a space opera comic released by image, is so damn good that sony bought the rights to adapt it to film based on the first issue alone.
Beginning an exciting new direction for valor that will ultimately lead to a major shakeup in the dc universe. Amid hollywoods call, new descender comic book is his big picture for new comic descender, lemire sets his sights on what he says is. Its not often you find a first issue that establishes a baseline then completely changes it, establishing a new baseline in the same issue. Its a race against time as valor must return the injured and dying green lantern to oa before valors outofcontrol powers destroy his ship. Drawn with just enough abstract to allow your mind to fill in the gaps.
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