Jeff lemire deciding to rip off stand by me for his latest book. Plutona is the essence of autumn confined to paper. Ive been a big fan of jeff lemire since his first essex county book, tales from the farm. Superhero comics have focused more on drama, action, snark, and, occasionally, the heartfelt moments that plutona is full of. None of the files shown here are hosted or transmitted by this server. The characters start out as well defined even if theyre cliches of teen characters from other works, but they dont develop over the course of the story.
Etymology from vulgar latin, pluton, the roman equivalent of hades, and still. As marvel cuts staff and publishers stop selling new titles, artists, shop owners and writers worry for the future of an industry worth billions. The story as a whole appears to be targeted at a young adult audience, slightly younger than that of the similarlythemed 2012 movie chronicle. After discovering the body of plutona the worlds greatest superhero in the woods, a shocking twist starts to tear the kids apart. People were reliving their memories of the old series, and that was the excitement they found in the comic. The gritty realism of childhood smashes into the fantasy of superheroes. Planetoid is a comic first released in june 2012 by image comics, written and drawn by ken garing. This edit will also create new pages on comic vine for.
If you are looking for another jeff lemire book or a comic with a classic adventure kids film feel, check it out this september. In the novel, their issue was more warmly received than welles actual film. Last night i laid in my bed, looked at the ceiling and saw a roach looking down at me just chilling there. Plutona 2015 2016 from image comics league of comic. The heart of this one issue is the five children at its core. The main story is interspersed with a comic book of plutona, which depicts what she did and what happened to her before the kids found her in the woods. But its also a longform comics masterpiece, a scifi comic that succeeded despite the odds, and an examination of journalism and politics and how they intersect, or fail to do so. However, each book appears to be taking a different approach and its interesting to compare and contrast between them. The breakfast club meets stand by me meets top ten in jeff lemires new comic plutona.
The main character is silas, a deserter turned space pirate who ends up the sole survivor of his crew and crashes on a planetoid in alien territory, where he must fight off various mechanical creatures, cyborg militias, and the alien military which has a bounty on him. It is a refreshing change that makes this comic stand out above all of the rest. New york times bestselling author jeff lemire is an awardwinning writer and artist of the acclaimed literary graphic novelsessex county, the underwater welder, the nobody, sweet tooth, and trillium, as well as the mainstream comic book series green arrow, animal man, justice league, and moon knight. Pluton article about pluton by the free dictionary. That was the first western comics publication in the planet of the apes franchise. After selfpublishing the xeric awardwinning comic book lost dogs in 2005 via his ashtray press imprint, lemire found a home at top shelf. Plutona features some of the most nuanced depiction of young teens that ive seen in a comic due to both the script from jeff lemire and art from emi lenox in the main story lemire illustrates a backup about plutona. This discovery sends them on a dark journey that will threaten to tear apart their friendship and their lives. Lemire understands the liminal state that adolescence represents, and shows that while the kids are making their way through. Plutona is the sort of book that takes a very small and specific perspective on a much larger incident. Stale and boring describes jeff lemires output these last few years, i mean his latest comic plutona i suppose allnew hawkeyes not bad.
Plutona is a young mother who works day shifts at a diner and at night fights crime while her mother watches her daughter for her. Dc to resume sales of some new comic books the new york. Would definitely recommend to all comic book readers. While the story is fairly light and almost nonexistent until the end, the strength of the character work makes up for almost any shortcoming this comic has. Belongs next to your copy of the notebook and the joy of cooking. Five kids discover the body of the worlds greatest super hero, plutona, in the woods after school one day. The finale of plutonas five issue run is understandably dark, but then again, thats basically the only place this remarkable series could go. Plutona, though her invulnerability gave out immediately before our story begins. Plutona is a fiveissue miniseries from image comics drawn by emi lenox and written by jeff lemire based on a story conceived by lenox. There have been two recent image comics that have dealt with a group of teenagers in typical coming of age type stories, often homaging back to the 80s teen movies done by rob reiner and stephen speilberg. The two largest subprovinces of the fennoscandian rapakivi province formed during two periods. Reset buttons on home electronics are often small buttons or holes used to reset the software of the electronic device.
Plutona follows the story of five suburban kids who make a shocking discovery while exploring the woods one day after school. Alternatively, a planetary predator such as comic book villain galactus may have previously scarred pluto. Plutonas not a plotdriven book but rather a character piece. Newcomer emi lenoxs art is reminiscent of both indie comics giant daniel clowes and lumberjanes artist brooke allen. A brand new heartfelt superhero series by jeff lemire descender, hawkeye and amazing newcomer emi lenox.
Best believe i grabbed the nearest book and threw it in slow motion to some heavy metal music, death was coming and just like ups, i delivered. Planetary is an american comic book series created by writer warren ellis and artist john cassaday, and published by the wildstorm imprint of dc comics. Like kurt busieks astro city, jeff lemires plutona looks at superheroes through the eyes of regular folks, people like you and me. A dark and heartbreaking journey about friendship and coming of age all through the lens of the superhero genre. In the case of plutona, those regular folks are teenagers and children. Gbd 24 new protag armor bandai spirits hgbd 1144 mdl kit n. Image is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by 7 of the comics industrys bestselling. Jeff lemire born march 21, 1976 is a canadian cartoonist. The series namesake, plutona, bookends this debut issue with a series of surprising appearances that establish the book as murder mystery. Spirou, michel vaillant, gaston, the smurfs, marsupilami. Fans of the genre or characters will especially like.
I just had huge expectations for this graphic novel. The character is based on the grecoroman god of the same name. The structure indicated is a small black dot at least at this distance this picture was taken. It follows five schoolaged children mie, teddy, diane, mike, and ray who stumble upon the dead body of the worlds greatest superhero, plutona, in the woods. Urasawas pluto has turned the original story into a film noir murder mystery, with the robot investigator gesicht trying to discover what has killed some of. Lenox and lemire put all of their efforts into bringing them to life on the page, and the results speak for themselves. The administrator of this site cannot be held responsible for what its users post, or any other actions of its users. Plutona by jeff lemire meet your next favorite book.
After discovering the body of plutona the worlds greatest superhero in the woods. Plutona tells the tale of five children who find a dead superhero in the woods and how they deal with their discovery. Its possible that in a year or two, you could be reading a bestof comics list composed entirely of lemire titles. Urasawa uses a very realistic style of art for this book.
The story straddles the line between comingofage realism and superhero fantasy, building one inside the other to offer a unique juxtaposition. Plutona comic book series in the works as movie variety. Nice artwork by emi lenox and lemire himself, though. In a nutshell, plutonas world of superheroes capes and cowls take a backseat to a group of misfit kinds who find a. The publishing home of batman and superman will sell some new comics to stores starting next week.
This is a significant departure from tezukas style. Waypoint entertainment has acquired movie rights to the comingofage comic series plutona, written by jeff lemire and illustrated by emi lenox. This graphic novel is like stand by me meets watchmen. W jeff lemire aca emi lenox a brandnew heartfelt superhero series by jeff lemire descender, hawkeye and amazing newcomer emi lenox. Plutona comic read plutona comic online in high quality. Set in a world where superheroes exist, high school kids discover a body in the woods yup, thats the whole first issue. The final issue of plutona, written by lemire with coplotting and art by emi lenox, is the bleakest so far, but features some of the series most touching moments and caps off a unique. Plutonas coming of age story and emotional writing are what set it apart from many of the traditional superhero comics. Published in 19972002, warren ellis and darick robertsons transmetropolitan became famous for its foulmouthed protagonist, spider jerusalem, and his filthy assistants. Hes independently publishing the fantastic scifi comic book descender with artist dustin nguyen, at marvel hes in charge of the rapidly improving extraordinary xmen as well as hawkeye and. The giver of wealth, at first a surname of hades, the god of the lower world, and afterwards also used as the real name of the god.
Reviewed in the united states on november 27, 2018. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Lemire will be drawing backup stories featuring the last adventures of plutona. Still, i enjoyed the story enough for what it is, which is essentially a stephen king ripoff with superheroes, for no apparent reason. Pluto is a fictional deity appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. Five highschoolers discover the body of their worlds greatest superhero. Jeff lemires plutona is a weird book, and by the end of it, feels kinda pointless. The inclusion of superheroes feels like garnishment in the first issue, saved for a page of prologue and final reveal. Plutona viewcomic reading comics online for free 2019. Anyway, reading jeff lemire and emi lenoxs new comic, plutona reminded me immediately of that sequence.
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