Fighting American 1: Brave New World - Couverture souple

Rennie, Gordon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1785862103 ISBN 13 : 9781785862106

Editeur : Titan Books Ltd, 2018

Synopsis

Direct continuation of Simon and Kirby's classic series! Fighting American returns! Written by Gordon Rennie with artwork by Duke Mighten! When the 1950s heroes find themselves trapped in the modern world, how will they handle what society has become, and what dangers will they face? With modern-day villains to contend with, enemies from their past pursuing them, and a whole new world to come to terms with, what daring adventures could Fighting American and Speed-Boy find themselves in now?

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Gordon Rennie is a Scottish comics writer, who has written both the comics and videogame and gaming industries since 1991 and his first published work in Blast! Magazine. He went on to creat the cult classic White Trash: Moronic Inferno, for Toxic! as well as several comic strips for 2000 AD and novels for Warhammer Fantasy. For 2000 AD he created Missionary Man, Witch World and Rain Dogs, Necronauts and Caballistics, Inc. He also wrote Mean Machine and the return of Rogue Trooper.

Rennie has done a lot of work on computer games and was nominated for the 2006 BAFTA for his script on the Rogue Trooper game as well as a nomination for the 2012 Writers' Guild of Great Britain's Best Videogame Script award.

Duke Mighten got his first professional job after being discovered at an UK comic convention by Pat Mills. He went on to draw Brats Bizarre and Accident Man for the cult British comic Toxic! Dark Angel for Marvel UK and Judge Dredd and Shimura for Judge Dredd Megazine. He currently lives and works in Sidney Australia as an art director and concept artist working in the games industry.

Revue de presse :

"5/5... Joe and Jack would be proud" - Nerdly

“This was fun!” - Jerry Ordway (Superman)

“A fast-paced modern classic. 5 out of 5” - Comic Bastards

 "With its wicked and witty sense of humor and great art, Fighting American is a fun and exciting comic for people who like comics." - Capeless Crusader

“Fighting American” is a both a great homage and parody of the comics of old" - Multiversity Comics

"The artwork by Duke Mighten is fantastic and a great homage to the original strips...9.8 out of 10!" - SciFi Pulse

"Fighting American has the whiz of classic comics with a twist you won’t want to miss." - Adventures in Poor Taste!

"4 out of 5" - Outright Geekery

"Providing an enormous amount of tongue-in-cheek fun, "Fighting American" is a wonderfully entertaining read from beginning to end and does full justice to the comic book legacy of the legendary Jack Kirby and Joe Simon and is very highly recommended for all personal and community library graphic novel collections. " -Midwest Book Review

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Titan Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1785862103
• ISBN 13: 9781785862106
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 112