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Title | The Haunted Galaxy
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Author | Jeff Lemire
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Illustrator | Dustin Nguyen
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Publisher | Image Comics - 2019
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First Printing | Image Comics - 2019
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Title | The Dead Sea
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Author | Jeff Lemire
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Illustrator | Dustin Nguyen
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Publisher | Image Comics - 2020
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First Printing | Image Comics - 2020
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Title | The Digital Mage
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Author | Jeff Lemire
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Illustrator | Dustin Nguyen
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Publisher | Image Comics - 2020
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First Printing | Image Comics - 2020
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Title | Star Seed
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Author | Jeff Lemire
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Illustrator | Dustin Nguyen
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Publisher | Image Comics - 2021
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First Printing | Image Comics - 2021
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Category | Graphic Novels
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Warnings | None
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Main Characters | Mila, Andy, Effie, Mother, Telsa, Driller
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Main Elements | Robots, vampires, wizards
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 The Haunted Galaxy
Powerhouse creative team Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen launch an all new series in Ascender! Set 10 years after the conclusion of Descender's storyline, here magic has taken the place of machinery and the rules are very different indeed... Mila, the daughter of Andy and Effie from Descender, spends her days exploring the lonely wilds of the planet Sampson and trying to stay out of the clutches of the evil disciples of the all powerful vampire witch known only as Mother. But like her parents, Mila doesn't like to play by the rules and when a certain robot pal of her dad's shows up, nothing will ever be the same! With all the scope and heart of the sci-fi classic, Descender, Lemire and Nguyen reunite to take readers on an unforgettable fantasy quest! Collects Ascender #1-5.
The Dead Sea
The hit fantasy series from powerhouse creative team JEFF LEMIRE and DUSTIN NGUYEN continues!
After a bruising escape attempt from the planet Sampson, Andy finds himself in the clutches of the militia, which means the murderous Mother can't be far behind. Meanwhile, Mila has booked passage on a ship piloted by none other than the irascible Captain Telsa. And while vampires may rule this strange galaxy, they're no match for Kanto, the Blood Scrapper-the most badass vampire hunter in the universe!
The Digital Mage
The hit fantasy series from powerhouse creative team JEFF LEMIRE and DUSTIN NGUYEN continues!
Captain Telsa is doing her best to shake off young Mila and Bandit but things gets harder once an old friend wants to tag along -- DRILLER, the KILLER ROBOT! With his faithful companion Mizard the Wizard at his side, Mother and her evil army of vamps may have finally met their match. Meanwhile, Andy struggles to resurrect his lost love Effie from the relentless grasp of the vampire undead.
Star Seed
The epic space fantasy saga from creators JEFF LEMIRE and DUSTIN NGUYEN that began in the pages of DESCENDER comes to a spectacular conclusion!
As Mother rallies her forces to wipe out the resistance, our heroes meet an old friend who reveals the untold secrets of the universe. With the fate of all things handing in the balance, who will remain standing when the forces of magic and technology collide?
At the end of Descenders, the robots were taken to a machine world, while magic was released into our galaxy. Thus an interesting feeling, the same characters, the same worlds, but all the rules of science have been flipped on their head. In these four books we follow Mila, Andy and Effie's daughter after she stumbles across none other than Bandit, her father's pet robot dog.
This series takes some ten years after the first and we get flashbacks as to what happened in between, at the same time as we move forward and finding out what happened to each of the characters. But will they survive Mother, a sorceress who wants to rule the bodies and minds of everyone, leading her armies of religiously fanatical vampires and trolls.
The artwork is still beautiful, I often caught myself staring a a square or an entire page, the watercolours were just so lovely. For a book containing vampires ripping the throats out of people, the watercolours still managed to make magical, peaceful land and starscapes.
I doubt this series will make sense without having read Descender first, but of the random graphic novels I grabbed from the library, I think these were by far my favorites.
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