Catalyst Comix

by Joe Casey, Dan McDaid (Illustrator), Paul Maybury (Illustrator), Ulises Farinas (Illustrator), Brad Simpson (Illustrator)

Overview

Straight from the glory of Comics' Greatest World, Frank "Titan" Wells, Amazing Grace, and the Agents of Change are back, baby! But you've never seen them like this! Superstar writer Joe Casey--along with the widest array of artistic talent this side of the Renaissance--gives superhero comics a back-alley facelift, as these very different champions confront cosmic threats, personal demons, superheroes' role as global activists, an alien love invasion, and the strangest virtual reality you've ever experienced--but not before they face the end of the world as we know it! Collects Catalyst Comix #1-#9!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781621159667
Publisher:	Dark Horse Comics
Publication date:	07/15/2014
Series:	Catalyst Comix
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	284
File size:	154 MB
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Editorial Reviews

07/21/2014
If you’re looking for a series of stories that shine a strange light on the traditional superhero tale, you’ll find it here. Reprising but also reenvisioning some of the heroes of the Comics Greatest World imprint from the 1990s, Casey (Sex, The Bounce) writes nine interconnected issues featuring the likes of Frank “Titan” Wells, Amazing Grace, and the Agents of Change. Readers will appreciate Casey’s unpredictability, such as when she begins the very first story with an apocalypse. Add in narration that is humorous, off-beat, and richly allusive with frequent homages to pop culture and oddball superhero characters. Artists McDaid, Maybury, and Farinas are each well-suited to the stories they illustrate—McDaid’s explosive pages in the Frank Wells story line is especially powerful. Colorist Brad Simpson fuses the styles of the different artists with a palette that makes each chapter part of a very cohesive visual narrative. All in all, this collection may well prove to be the “catalyst” for an engaging new approach to these little-known heroes. (July)

Publishers Weekly