Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen

Informationen zum Autor Dylan Horrocks lives in New Zealand with his wife and two sons. He is the author of the award-winning graphic novel Hicksville and the comic book series Pickle and Atlas, and has also written for DC Comics and Vertigo, including Hunter: the Age of Magic and Batgirl. Klappentext A burned-out superhero comic artist goes on an adventure that spans time and space--with two female companions. Zusammenfassung Acclaimed cartoonist Dylan Horrocks returns with a long-awaited new graphic novel! the first since his perennial classic! 1998's Hicksville. Cartoonist Sam Zabel hasn't drawn a comic in years. Stuck in a nightmare of creative block and despair! Sam spends his days writing superhero stories for a large American comics publisher and staring at a blank piece of paper! unable to draw a single line. Then one day he finds a mysterious old comic book set on Mars and is suddenly thrown headlong into a wild! fantastic journey through centuries of comics! stories! and imaginary worlds. Accompanied by a young webcomic creator named Alice and an enigmatic schoolgirl with rocket boots and a bag full of comics! Sam goes in search of the Magic Pen! encountering sex-crazed aliens! medieval monks! pirates! pixies and - of course - cartoonists. Funny! erotic! and thoughtful! Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen explores the pleasures! dangers! and moral consequences of fantasy.

Product details

• Authors: Dylan Horrocks, Dylan Horrocks, Horrocks Dylan
• Publisher: Fantagraphics
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.01.2015
• EAN: 9781606997901
• ISBN: 978-1-60699-790-1
• No. of pages: 221
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 267 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire; Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; Graphic Novels, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / General, Graphic Novels: True Stories & Non-Fiction, American style / tradition comic books