McNeil first self-published the series through her Lightspeed Press. The series makes allusions to various genres of science fiction and fantasy; apparent influences include Ursula K. Le Guin, Samuel R. Delany, and cyberpunk for thematic content, and a wide range of work for the visual aspects, from old horror comics and simple line cartoons to the science fiction work of Mœbius. She's joint-majoring in anthropology and prostitution, the latter recognized as a prestigious art form, and serving as assistant to both of her anthropology professors, a cantankerous human and a giant plumed lizard, with both of whom she is quite frustratedly in love. Magnificent.” — Warren Ellis, TIME Top 10 Graphic Novels and Comics of 2013, USA Today Best of 2013 Comics and Graphic Novels, Comic Book Resources Top 100 Comics of 2013, #14, iBooks Best of 2013 Comics & Graphic Novels (warning: link will try to open the iTunes store). [5] Dark Horse also individually published the arcs Voice, Third World, and Talisman; Talisman also has a limited-edition hardcover version that is signed by McNeil. Finder tends to focus on the primarily Western/liberal social norms of and media consumption habits of its urban characters, seen from the viewpoint of their aboriginal neighbors, and on all her characters' strategies, chiefly through travel or artistic endeavor, to escape the often quite intractable limits their societies (and others) place on them. The series is set in a vastly depopulated far-future Earth where numerous hunter-gatherer cultures, some human and some not, surround densely overpopulated domed city-states of recognizably modern urbanites functioning at a high technological level. Build schools in a Central American village; get to know some of the other freshmen.

Many of the e-books will have holds, so try these sources too –. All collected editions of Finder contain extensive footnotes by the author, which expand upon the ideas and comment on their origins. “This book takes one of my all-time favourite genres—teen drama—and lenses it through the relentless eye of someone like Sam Peckinpah,” said De Campi. It was just a trip, before college. Also, emoji. Alex De Campi, Carla Speed McNeil, and Jenn Manley Lee team up for a pre-college field trip gone wrong. Push and shove over territory may not be as old as the hills, but it is as old as King Of The Mountain. “And Carla Speed McNeil draws the best teenagers on Earth: FACT. Hi, folks! Office workers routinely jack in to virtual reality environments while walking the city as zombies. What could go wrong?

Suchergebnis auf Amazon.de für: graphic novel Wählen Sie Ihre Cookie-Einstellungen Wir verwenden Cookies und ähnliche Tools, um Ihr Einkaufserlebnis zu verbessern, um unsere Dienste anzubieten, um zu verstehen, wie die Kunden unsere Dienste nutzen, damit wir Verbesserungen vornehmen können, und um Werbung anzuzeigen. Self-published for over a decade, now published by Dark Horse Comics. They follow various main characters, including a young girl whose first love is a book, a college girl majoring in The Art, which, when capitalized, makes her more like a geisha than Banksy, and a wandering pathfinder with one foot in another world. [1] McNeil describes Finder as "aboriginal science fiction" and her storylines throw together characters from recognizable aboriginal and modern urban societies in a far-future Earth.

This page was last edited on 31 July 2020, at 23:26. Vary L. S. (Lakya Sagarananda) Krishna, who is the main character of only one story collection thus far, has come to the big city from a Hautami (Indian (Asian)) community.

Just type “graphic novels” into the search bar. I hope to release a "footnoted" process version on my Patreon account at some point, with permission from DC Comics. This collection includes diverse authors and characters in a wide variety of fiction and nonfiction collections.

Yes, we have some in e-book format, as well as a couple in e-audio format. No passports. In 2013, ComicsAlliance ranked Jaeger Ayers as #8 on their list of the "50 Sexiest Male Characters in Comics". Finally, the Library of Congress has online archives of notable comics, mostly for teens and adults. Finder has also won one Kimberly Yale Award and three Ignatz awards.