A lovecraftian teen decides she will do anything to mak. National comics 2012 issue rose and thorn national comics. Awardwinning canadian cartoonist jeff lemire is the creator of the acclaimed monthly comic book series sweet tooth published by dcvertigo and the award winning graphic novel essex county published by top shelf. Written by awardwinning creator, jeff lemire, descender is a riproaring and. 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. Its not often you find a first issue that establishes a baseline then completely changes it, establishing a new baseline in the same issue. Extra special thanks to steve wands and will dennis. Jeff lemire confirms at least 3 more black hammer spinoffs are in development movies legendarys black hammer being developed as a shared universe between film and television. January 25, 2019 in the upcoming ascender, jeff lemire and dustin nguyen present the next chapter of the thrilling epic that began with descender. And i am also excited to announce that, as the flagship book of phase ii dean ormston and i will be creating a new core series featuring lucy weber as the all new black hammer for 2020.
Patrick pike, a fading literary star who reluctantly returns to. Jeff lemire and dustin nguyen reimagine their scifi world from descender as a fantasy world in the new image comics series ascender. Ive bingeread almost everything lemire has produced and have yet to find a work i didnt completely fall in love with. This timeline shows the sheer scope of their scififantasy hybrid. Following a controversy involving marsha cooke, the widow of the late comic book legend, darwyn cooke, both jeff lemire and bill sienkiewicz separately posted denunciations of the comicsgate movement. Descender by jeff lemire came into being amid huge fanfare and critical acclaim and it is well deserved. Now one of dc comics cornerstone writers, jeff was prominent in the publishers recent new 52 linewide relaunch as the writer of animal man and frankenstein. Now, about half a year since the eisner awardwinning image comics series came to a close, lemire and nguyen have reunited to launch a sequel series in ascender. Love the guy on a spiderman, but he really has no place in a book where the xmen have to flee an accidental genocide by retreating into the nightmare hellscape of limbo. Last week, jeff lemire and andrea sorrentinos gideon falls wrapped up the pentoculus arc with a finale that could only ever unfold in the pages of a comic book. Published september 24th 2015 by image comics first published march 4th 2015. Jeff lemire and dustin nguyens descender totally worth sonys crazy money. From the eisneraward winning black hammer superhero fantasy comes this collection of three stories and a universe guide tied to the world of jeff lemire and dean ormstons hit comic book series.
A way of me keeping my expectations lower in case the book struggled to find an audience. Royal city charts the lives, loves, and losses of a troubled family and a vanishing town across three decades. Comic book artist and illustrator dustin nguyens newest book is batman tales. Descender is a space opera comic book about a young boy robot, tim21, who awakens from ten years of sleep mode to find a galaxy vastly changed. His first foray into comics was in 2005 when he selfpublished. Jeff lemire is now a part of my mustread comic book creators triplet.
Self taught comic artist, who studied film in toronto jeff lemire was born in 1976 and raised in a small canadian farming town. Jeff lemire has dreamt up an emotional, imaginative new universebrian k. In a day, billions were killed and the ugc united galactic council, a speciesspanning government body, was left weakened. Jeff lemire and bill sienkiewicz denounce comicsgate cbr. Lemires characterization seems a bit off and i just hate ramos on this book. Descender is a book about machines and robots, so were building all of these different robots and technology, and also just different planets.
New ongoing series written and illustrated by jeff lemire descender, a. The mystery doesnt end with the core black hammer series though, as lemire expands his universe with spinoff titles sherlock frankenstein and the legion of evil, doctor star and the kingdom of lost tomorrows, and quantum age offering insightful takes on different eras and genres of realworld comic book history. Enormous robots appeared over several key planets one day, making no communications before unleashing devastating attacks. Written by awardwinning creator, jeff lemire, descender is a riproaring and heartfelt cosmic odyssey. Lemire pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling epic. Tin stars by jeff lemire, 9781632154262, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Jeff lemire born march 21, 1976 is a canadian cartoonist. I know jeff lemire is a big name in comics but his books have always left me kinda.
Jeff lemire and dustin nguyens scifi epic makes its way onto our shelves in a deluxe format. Jeff lemire and dustin nguyens descender is worth it. With jeff lemire helming the new hawkeye, as announced in the recent reveal of 45 new marvel titles, we have decided to compile the top five lemire books that are absolute must reads. 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. But the success of the book has allowed us to expand our ideas and really explore the descender universe in new ways. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series ascender with dustin nguyen. When jeff lemire and dustin nguyens scifi series descender launched in 2015, it introduced readers to an epic space opera where androids were outlawed and the galaxy was split between humanity. Writer jeff lemire on moving from image comics descender to ascender. There is perhaps nothing like this comic out in the medium right now and may have never been. The fountain valley artist has worked for dc comics for two decades and also launched his own series with writer jeff lemire. For being the flagship x book of the current line, it leaves a lot to be desired. The third volume, singularities, was recently released on december 20, 2016. Artist jeff lemire describes writing for certain marvel titles as kind of a nightmare comic book artist jeff lemire, whos currently writing for image and dark horse, was asked about. For a very special turkey day, writer and artist jeff lemire dives into the seminal works that propelled him to create introspective comic touchstones.
With hits like sweet tooth, black hammer, and the underwater welder under his belt, lemire has done more in the industry than most dream of doing. Hidden behind this tale of a lost and abandoned little robot are the underlying demons of our own society. Jeff lemire explains descender comic book sequel ascender. Written by awardwinning creator, jeff lemire, descender is a riproaring and heartfelt cosmic.
Being a primarily visual medium, comic art can make or break a book. Since its beginning, the series has used unconventional storytelling tools to explore the smiling man. He is the author of titles including the essex county trilogy, sweet tooth, the nobody, and animal man. With all the scope and heart of the scifi classic, descender, lemire and nguyen reunite to take readers on an unforgettable fantasy quest. Newsweeks best comic books of 2018 2018, 2017, 2016 yalsas great graphic novels for teens 2015. And that is some feat as lemire, dubbed the hardest working man in comics by vulture magazine, is prolific as heck. Comic book artist dustin nguyen talks batman tales. In march 2015, lemire launched descender, a creatorowned scifi series with art by dustin nguyen, from image comics. Descender is a comic book that throws a lot at a reader in the first issue.
So keep an eye out for lots of new black hammer announcements in the comings weeks and months. Descender comic read descender comic online in high quality. 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. When i sat down with him at a hotel bar during this julys san diego comiccon, i asked the famously prolific writer. Powerhouse creative team jeff lemire and dustin nguyen launch an all new series in ascender. Jeff lemire, descender is a riproaring and heartfelt cosmic odyssey. Last summer, after 32 issues, cocreators jeff lemire and dustin nguyen brought their modern scifi odyssey descender to a close with a cataclysmically apocalyptic finish. For a fleeting moment, it seemed like jeff lemire was finally slowing down. 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.
Biographical drei einseitige comicstrips im kanadischen driven magazin. The deluxe edition volume 1 by jeff lemire, 9781534303461, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Image comics is known to set loose some very potential comic series. Hollywood just cant keep its grubby little hands off of comics stuff. One of the most highly sought after comic book creators in the last 20 years, jeff lemire has carved out a niche that he has truly excelled in. The underwater welder top shelf in a way, this graphic novel from vertigo is the most quintessential jefff lemire books on the list. Hello from out here on the thames delta, where i am reading an advance copy of the new jeff lemire graphic novel, frogcatchers. Comic book artist and writer jeff lemire came to our local library to talk about essex county and all the things hes working on. Jeff lemire writer for royal city, descender, black hammer appears at dragons lair on saturday, september 15, 2018 to help the shop celebrate their.