Stargazer

by Anthony Cleveland, Antonio Fuso (Illustrator), Stefano Simeone (Colorist), Justin Birch (Letterer)

Overview

Years ago Shae, her brother Kenny, and two childhood friends experienced a traumatic, unexplainable event that left Kenny scarred for life. Twenty years later Kenny has committed himself to the belief that what they experienced was an alien abduction, and the group has since drifted apart. However, the sudden and mysterious disappearance of Kenny leads the group to reunite and discover the truth of what took place all those years ago. Collects issues #1-6.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781952303043
Publisher:	Mad Cave Studios
Publication date:	04/28/2021
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 10.12(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	13 - 16 Years

About the Author

Anthony Cleveland began writing comics after departing from his position as County Coroner Deputy to pursue self-publishing. Shortly after, he was selected in Mad Cave Studios’ talent search and went on to write the hit series Show’s End, Stargazer, and a short in Grimm Tales from the Cave, a horror anthology showcasing many of today’s top talents in the genre. Anthony lives in Indiana with his wife and three children.

Comic artist from Rome, works with Disney, Pixar, Boom! Studios, Dark Horse, IDW, Image and others on titles such Star Wars, Star Trek, Mega Man and Black Hammer.

Justin Birch is a 2018 Ringo Award nominated letterer born and raised in the hills of West Virginia. Lettering comics since 2015, he is a member of the lettering studio AndWorld Design and has worked with DC, IDW, Dynamite, Lion Forge Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Action Lab Comics, DMC Comics, Source Point Press, Z2 Comics, and numerous indy publishers. Justin still lives in West Virginia, only now it’s with his loving wife, daughter, and their dog, Kirby.

Editorial Reviews

"Manages to capture quite the emotional punch. [...] Stargazer feels like a timely and appropriate book for the time and is certainly worth checking out!"

Comic Watch - Cody White

"Mad Cave Studios is a publisher on the rise and Stargazer is just one of those rare books that will leave its mark on the comic industry years after its debut."

That Comic Girl

"Writer, Anthony Cleveland, has planted the seeds to a sci-fi mystery I cannot wait to see unravel."

The Valkyries

"[Stargazer] is engaging, interesting and full of a certain verve that lights up the imagination."

Reading With A Flight Ring

"Fuso's illustrations and Stefano Simeone's colors construct a phenomenal world of inescapable twilight. The book is bathed in beautiful violets and cool magentas that fill the panels with brisk evening air. Fuso strikes a stark, but balanced, contrast between highlight and shadow [...]"

Fanbase Press - Gabe Cheng

"Stargazer has some big X-Files energy and that’s definitely a good thing. It captures that sense of wonder and amazement that we’ve all had at one point in our lives when we look up at the stars."

Comicon.com - James Ferguson

BOOKLIST — Years ago, Shae Halstead, her two best friends Adriana and Hailey, and her brother, Kenny, were abducted by “the sky people” and returned, unaware that something had been implanted in them. Years later, the troubled Kenny disappears again, and this sets Shae on a paranoid and psychedelic odyssey into the heart of an alien threat and a government plot. She's not alone, though; as it turns out, these implants allow Shae, Adriana, and Hailey to share their minds and their memories, as well as the memory of something called the Sky Mind. The secret of the Sky Mind and the circumstances behind their original abduction offer Stargazer its freshest narrative turns. Very well paced but not particularly rich in character, the book cultivates much of its humanity from its realistically idiosyncratic faces and figures, often swathed in lurid reds and caught in the midst of surreal tableaux that imbue Stargazer with a sense of dream-like menace, as well as its primary thrills and fun. Works great as a quick, creepy diversion."

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