Descender Volume 2: Machine Moon

BRIAN K. VAUGHAN, SAGA -- "Jeff Lemire has dreamt up an emotional, imaginative new universe, lavishly brought to life by the great Dustin Nguyen. I can't wait to see where they take TIM-21 next."

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Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.

Dustin Nguyen has worked in the comic industry since 2000, providing concept art and character design in addition to being a talented sequential artist in his own right. His projects include Descender and Ascender with Jeff Lemire.

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Second volume. 'Your new sci-fi obsession is here, and its name is "Descender"' "Entertainment Weekly"

Zusammenfassung
Young Robot boy TIM-21 and his companions struggle tostay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bountyhunters lurk on every planet. Written by award-winning creator, Jeff Lemire,Descender is a rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey. Lemire pits humanityagainst machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling epic. Collectingissues #1-6 of Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Trillium) and Dustin Nguyen's (LittleGotham) critically acclaimed, bestselling new science fiction series! "NewYork Times Bestselling author Jeff Lemire has built a unique career as both thewriter and artist of acclaimed literary graphic novels like Essex County, TheUnderwater Welder, Sweet Tooth and Trillium and also as one of the most popularwriters of mainstream superhero comics with acclaimed runs on such titles asGreen Arrow, Animal Man, Justice League and Hawkeye for Marvel and DCComics.

Current projects include the originalgraphic novel ROUGHNECK to be published by Simon and Schuster in 2016, as wellas the science fiction series DESCENDER with Dustin Nguyen and A.D. with ScottSnyder.

In 2008 and in 2013 Jeff won theSchuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist. He has also received The DougWright Award for Best Emerging Talent and the American Library Association'sprestigious Alex Award, recognizing books for adults with specific teen appeal.He has also been nominated for 8 Eisner awards, 7 Harvey Awards and 8 ShusterAwards.
In 2010 Essex County became the firstgraphic novel to be included in the prestigious Canada Reads contest making itto the final five and winning the people's choice vote as best Canadian novel ofthe decade.

He lives in Toronto with his wifeand son.