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About Descender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars
Product Description Newsweek's Best Comic Books of 2018 2018, 2017, 2016 YALSA's Great Graphic Novels for Teens 2015 NPR's Best Books of the Year "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 #1-6 of the critically acclaimed, bestselling science fiction series into trade paperback. Review "Your new sci-fi obsession is here"-ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY"Jeff Lemire has dreamt up an emotional, imaginative new universe"-Brian K. Vaughan, SAGA"The best new comic book of 2015."-VOX"Epic, intelligent, and full of heart."--COMICS ALLIANCE"Gorgeous."-VULTURE"Remarkable"-BLEEDING COOL"Beautiful."-THE NERDIST"Exciting."-LOS ANGELES TIMES/HERO COMPLEX"You should be reading this book."--KOTAKU"It's so beautiful." -- Kelly Sue DeConnick, PRETTY DEADLY"Stunning."--COMIC BOOK RESOURCES Review “I love Jeff Lemire. I love Dustin Nguyen...This is a 5 star book!” ― Mark Millar, Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Hit-Girl “Bloody hell, Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen's Descender looks fantastic... “ ― Declan Shalvey, Injection “Between Lemire's penchant for building sweeping yet personal stories and Nguyen's gorgeous, painterly art, the book is stunning to behold.” ― Comic Book Resources “Nothing short of beautiful.” ― Paste Magazine “A beautiful cosmic opera and nuanced think piece, balancing the fear of the unknown with the spirit of adventure. Driven by the gorgeous visuals of artist Dustin Nguyen, Descender is a book on the rise.” ― IGN “Remarkable... a journey that’s so gripping, you’ll be begging for more.” ― Bleeding Cool About the Author New York Times Bestselling author Jeff Lemire has built a unique career as both the writer and artist of acclaimed literary graphic novels like Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Sweet Tooth and Trillium and also as one of the most popular writers of mainstream superhero comics with acclaimed runs on such titles as Green Arrow, Animal Man, Justice League and Hawkeye for Marvel and DC Comics. Current projects include the original graphic novel ROUGHNECK to be published by Simon and Schuster in 2016, as well as the science fiction series DESCENDER with Dustin Nguyen and A.D. with Scott Snyder. In 2008 and in 2013 Jeff won the Schuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist. He has also received The Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent and the American Library Association's prestigious Alex Award, recognizing books for adults with specific teen appeal. He has also been nominated for 8 Eisner awards, 7 Harvey Awards and 8 Shuster Awards. In 2010 Essex County became the first graphic novel to be included in the prestigious Canada Reads contest making it to the final five and winning the people's choice vote as best Canadian novel of the decade. He lives in Toronto with his wife and son.
