Organisms from an Ancient Cosmos
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- USD 11.99
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- USD 11.99
Publisher Description
A supernatural sci-fi graphic novel written and illustrated by S. Craig Zahler, the award-winning film director of Bone Tomahawk, Brawl in Cell Block 99, and Dragged Across Concrete.
An alien spacecraft the size of a city materializes over the Pacific Ocean and the nations of the world jointly engage this enigmatic and incommunicative visitor with force. This battle results in large-scale destruction on both sides, but does not answer any of the questions that will haunt humanity: What are these utterly inhuman creatures? Where did they come from? Why did they choose to visit our planet? And—most importantly—are more forces on the way? For the bereaved billionaire Carlton Land, renowned biologist Aimee O'Donnell, and the brilliant, but blunt USAAF Chief Scientist Kenneth Yamazaki, these questions must be answered in order to safeguard the future of the human race.
Collects the original graphic novel published as an oversized hardcover with black and white art; this story is a haunting odyssey that you will not want to miss.
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This unsettling and campy alien invasion drama from Zahler (Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus) offers equal parts internal and interstellar warfare. Zahler's better known as a filmmaker and director of gritty genre flicks like Bone Tomahawk and Brawl in Cell Block 99 than he is as a cartoonist. Here, he packs in plenty of R-rated content, drawn in a sketchy, juvenile style. When a massive alien spacecraft appears over the Pacific Ocean, destruction and chaos follow. As the world struggles with the revelation that humans are not alone in the universe, Zahler focuses on billionaire Carlton Land. Land lost his fiancée during an alien attack and is flailing in his grief. After a bout of self-destruction that sends Land on a downward spiral, he seeks redemption by dedicating himself and his fortune to destroying the invasion force, with the assistance of a group of scientists and adventurers who are battling their own inner demons. The artwork is clumsy if sincere, as if Armageddon was drawn out in a high school sketchbook. It's a bizarre work, and one unlike others genre readers are likely to come across. While not unconditionally recommended, it has a sticky quality.
