The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist

The Amazing Adventures of the EscapistSeries

This series delves into the golden age of comic books, resurrecting forgotten superheroes and their iconic narratives. Each installment offers a nostalgic journey through time, where daring feats and moral quandaries unfold in a classic artistic style. It's a celebration of the comic art form and the boundless power of imagination, captivating readers with its unique metafictional framework. Immerse yourself in a world where reality and fiction intertwine, discovering a hero who defined an era.

The amazing adventures of the escapist

Michael Chabon

160 pages
6 hours of reading

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This volume of The Escapist collects issues five and six of the popular, Eisner Award winning quarterly series and features the late Will Eisner's return to the Spirit, in a crossover tale with the Escapist! Fans of classic comics will not want to miss what became Eisner's last comics work, completed just two weeks before the death of the legendary comics godfather. Also in this volume is the comics writing debut of award-winning author and Guggenheim fellow Chris Offutt, illustrated by Thomas Yeates. Dan Best and Eddie Campbell contribute a fully painted story from the 1939 World's Fair in Empire City, and 2004 Russ Manning Award winner Eric Wight brings a polemic story from writer Jason Hall to life. Among the other notable contributors are Howard Chaykin, Paul Grist, Shawn Martinbrough, David Hahn, Roy Thomas, Matt Wagner and indie stalwarts Jeffrey Brown and Jason!

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The amazing adventures of the escapist