Abe Sapien Volume 5: Sacred Places TPB

Description

Haunted by deaths hes seen and ones hes caused, Abe returns to the place where he was shot, where his latest transformation began. His path is blocked by strange priests, apocalyptic prophets, and one doomed soul after another, who all seem to think Abe is either the answer or the cause. CollectsAbe Sapien#12#14 and #16#17.

Incredible storytelling, both writing and art.Comic Bastards

About the Author

Mke Mignola began his career in 1980 by illustrating spots in theComic Reader. His first published piece was in the Comic Reader#183, a spot illustration of Red Sonja (pg. 9). His first published front cover was theComic Reader#196;Dominic Fortune, the Spirit,andDoc Savagein November of 1981. Mike Mignola began inking in August of 1983 for Marvel Comics. He inked issues of comic books such asDaredevil(#197 ‘Introducing’ him),Power Man & Iron Fist. Mignola is particularly noted for his highly distinctive style, which was once called German expressionism meets Jack Kirby by Alan Moore, in an introduction to a collection of Mignola’sHellboyworks. While Mignola has heavily influenced a new generation of comics artists since he began working on Hellboy, he was something of an odd man out in the superhero comics industry in the beginning of his career. Mignola’s imagery stood in stark contrast to the style of his contemporaries. Where others would draw muscular men and slim, well-endowed women, Mignola’s characters were usually bulky and rough-looking, and more often than not defined by large shadowed areas rather than fine details. Mignola often takes the same approach to architecture, particularly inHellboy,where he often sets the scenes in slowly dilapidating Victorian and Gothic surroundings. He also commonly draws machines that feature steampunk imagery.Hellboywas made into a feature film in 2004 by director Guillermo del Toro. Mignola was closely involved with the movie’s production and a sequel is currently in development. Recently,Hellboyhas been made into two direct-to-video animated films,Sword of StormsandBlood and Ironin 2007. Prior to that, Mignola worked as an illustrator for Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 movieBram Stoker’s Dracula. He was also the production designer for the Disney feature film,Atlantis: The Lost Empirein 2001, and was a concept artist for 2002’sBlade II, also directed by del Toro. Mignola’sThe Amazing Screw-On Headdebuted in 2006 on the Sci-Fi Channel, starring the voices of Paul Giamatti and David Hyde Pierce

Product Details

ISBN:9781616555153
Author: Mike Mignola, Scott Allie
Format:Softcover
Language:English
Number of Pages:144
Published:21 January 2015
Publisher:Dark Horse
Country of Publication:US
Dimensions (mm):267 x 180 x 34
Weight (kg):0.33