The Twilight Children
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Publisher Description
Comics legends Gilbert Hernandez (LOVE AND ROCKETS), Darwyn Cooke (DC: THE NEW FRONTIER) and Dave Stewart (HELLBOY) craft a haunting and unforgettable tale of magical realism with THE TWILIGHT CHILDREN. No one knows what the mysterious glowing spheres are, or where they come from. The only thing that matters to the residents of the beachside village where the orbs manifest is what they do when they appear. They blind children and imbue them with psychic abilities. They destroy homes, and make entire families disappear. They attract scientists, government experts and secret agents, each with their own agenda. And they inflame small-town passions-secret lovers, simmering resentments-to a fever pitch. Now, they’ve brought Ela. Materializing on the beach just as mysteriously as one of the orbs, this beautiful woman says nothing, but seems to harbor unspeakable power. Will she help to save the town, or destroy it? Or is it Ela herself who is really in danger? Collects the four-issue VERTIGO miniseries.
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Love and Rockets cocreator Hernandez teams up with the late cartoonist and animation designer Darwyn Cooke (DC: The New Frontier), who died shortly after this volume's release. Like much of his solo work, Hernandez's rare outing as a writer is a personal take on the lurid, low-budget, character-driven sci-fi movies of the 1970s. A mysterious glowing orb shows up in an unnamed Central American town,throwing the townspeople into paranoia. A slow start builds to an otherworldly climax as everyone in town wonders about a strange young white-haired woman. Like all of Hernandez's tales, an interlocking cast of characters carry out a magical-realist soap opera. But whereas he's taken decades to build up the universe in his Palomar stories, this suffers from the shorter length, making the abundance of characters disorienting. Cooke provides attractive art, with moody colors by Dave Stewart, but Cooke's modernized take on 1960s comics art sometimes clashes with Hernandez's storytelling. Worth a look for fans of both creators, this graphic novel contains many striking ideas and images.
