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Young Robot boy TIM-21 and his companions struggle to
stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty
hunters lurk on every planet. Written by award-winning creator, Jeff Lemire,
Descender is a rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey. Lemire pits humanity
against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling epic. Collecting
issues #1-6 of Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, Trillium) and Dustin Nguyen's (Little
Gotham) critically acclaimed, bestselling new science fiction series! "New
York Times Bestselling author Jeff Lemire has built a unique career as both the
writer and artist of acclaimed literary graphic novels like Essex County, The
Underwater Welder, Sweet Tooth and Trillium and also as one of the most popular
writers of mainstream superhero comics with acclaimed runs on such titles as
Green Arrow, Animal Man, Justice League and Hawkeye for Marvel and DC
Comics.
Current projects include the original
graphic novel ROUGHNECK to be published by Simon and Schuster in 2016, as well
as the science fiction series DESCENDER with Dustin Nguyen and A.D. with Scott
Snyder.
In 2008 and in 2013 Jeff won the
Schuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist. He has also received The Doug
Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent and the American Library Association's
prestigious Alex Award, recognizing books for adults with specific teen appeal.
He has also been nominated for 8 Eisner awards, 7 Harvey Awards and 8 Shuster
Awards.
In 2010 Essex County became the first
graphic novel to be included in the prestigious Canada Reads contest making it
to the final five and winning the people's choice vote as best Canadian novel of
the decade.
He lives in Toronto with his wife
and son.
