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"Your new sci-fi obsession is here, and its name is Descender." -Entertainment Weekly
Young Robot boy TIM-21 and his companions struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. Written by award-winning creator, Jeff Lemire, Descender is a rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey. Lemire pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling epic.
Collects Descender issues #1-16 of the critically acclaimed, bestselling science fiction series into deluxe oversized hardcover format (7.25" x 10.875") and features extensive never-before-seen bonus material.
"I love Jeff Lemire. I love Dustin Nguyen...This is a 5 star book!" -Mark Millar, Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Hit-Girl
Über den Autor Jeff Lemire
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Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Jeff Lemire is the creator of the acclaimed monthly comic book series Sweet Tooth, published by DC/Vertigo, and the award-winning graphic novel Essex County, published by Top Shelf. Now one of DC Comics' cornerstone writers, Jeff was prominent in the publisher's New 52 line-wide relaunch as the writer of Animal Man, Justice League Dark, and Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E. He has also written the monthly adventures of Superboy, The Atom and Constantine. In 2008 Jeff won the Shuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist and the Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent. He also won the American Library Association's prestigious Alex Award, recognizing books for adults with specific teen appeal. He has also been nominated for five Eisner Awards and five Harvey Awards. In 2010 Essex County was named as one of the five Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade. He currently lives and works in Toronto with his wife and son.
