Underworld
- Publisher
- Renegade Arts Entertainment
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2015
- Category
- NON-CLASSIFIABLE, Classic Adaptation, Crime & Mystery
- Recommended Age
- 16
- Recommended Grade
- 11
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781987825022
- Publish Date
- Oct 2015
- List Price
- $24.99
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Description
The Odyssey, woven through the streets of Winnipeg. Loosely based on Homer's classic story, The Odyssey, this graphic novel follows Hector as he tries to regain his sanity whilst navigating his way through the criminal underworld on the streets of Winnipeg. As he puts the pieces of his life back together, Hector rediscovers his wife and children, forgotten through his madness. Hector battles to save himself so he can make amends with his family, the chance of redemption tantalizing amongst the inner war in his mind and the physical danger he finds himself part of too.
About the authors
Lovern Kindzierski lives and works in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Lovern is regarded as one of comics' most influential award winning colorists, with multiple Eisner Award nominations and is also an inductee into the Joe Shuster Comic Book Awards Hall of Fame. Lovern is also a successful author, having written titles for Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics,Renegade Arts Entertainment and Heavy Metal Magazine, he is best-known for the acclaimed series of fantasy books about Shame for Renegade.
Lovern Kindzierski's profile page
GMB Chomichuk is an award-winning writer and illustrator whose work has appeared in film, television, books, comics and graphic novels. His most recent work with HighWater Press, Will I See?, was a collaboration with writer David A. Robertson and singer/songwriter Iskwe. He writes and/or illustrates occult suspense stories like Midnight City, science fiction works like Red Earth, or inspirational all-ages adventure stories like Cassie and Tonk. He is the host of Super Pulp Science a podcast about how genre gets made. His newest full length graphic novel Apocrypha: The Legend of Babymetal was featured on The Hollywood Reporter, The Nerdist, and Billboard Magazine.
Editorial Reviews
"A fearless experiment in storytelling." (Jason Wilkins, Broken Frontier)
"Both the art and writing compliment each other in profound ways, really hammering home a world that is blurred between fantasy and reality." (Keven Skinner, Fox Force Five News)
"As much gritty noir-flavoured thriller as fantastic mythical escapade, Underworld overlays the classic poem's thematic skeleton with a grimy modern visual skin of vice and violence which is chillingly authentic and masterfully evocative, but never forgets that at its core the story is about a fallen hero finding redemption through struggle." (Win Wiacek, Comics Review)
"An amazing, if disturbing, experience - and experience is definitely the right word here. This isn't just a comic, it's a glimpse into insanity. I'm impressed, because I didn't think comics (as much as I love them) could be quite so affecting. This is a story that will stay with me for quite some time, I'm sure of that." (Zoe Kirk Robinson, webcomics.com)
