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.

Publisher Review

"Gorgeous." -Vulture/NY Magazine "An emotional, imaginative new universe, lavishly brought to life by the great Dustin Nguyen." -Brian K. Vaughan, Saga "Your new sci-fi obsession is here, and its name is Descender...a gorgeous, moody story." -Entertainment Weekly "The art feels light and almost whimsical. I love that. I also love the colors and the choice to make certain areas (UGC) bright so the panels pop off the page, and others (mining colony, Gnish homeworld), much darker, grittier. All of it togeth "Lemire (Essex County) smoothly doles out information while amping up the tension, and the innocent, friendly character of TIM-21 creates real heart in the midst of extreme violence. Nguyen's watercolor artwork is marvelous, using the medium's t "I love Jeff Lemire. I love Dustin Nguyen...This is a 5 star book!" -Mark Millar, Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Hit-Girl