Tech Jacket Compendium Vol. 1
Will be published approx. on 2. December 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-1-5343-3056-6 (ISBN)
Description
From critically acclaimed creators Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead) and E.J. Su (Blood & Thunder) comes the complete compendium unmasking the origins of Invincible's ally, TECH JACKET. THE COMPLETE TECH JACKET: A HIGH-FLYING, GALAXY-SAVING EPIC FROM THE INVINCIBLE UNIVERSE! Zack Thompson possesses one of the most powerful weapons in the universe, a Tech Jacket, thanks to his encounter with the alien race known as the Geldarians. But with infinite power comes infinite responsibility, and Zack will have to quickly learn how to use this new weapon to his advantage. Afterall, the fate of the entire universe depends on it! Collected in compendium format for the first time ever, unmask the origins of the Galactic Guardian of Earth from superstar creator Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead), E.J. Su (Blood & Thunder), Joe Keatinge (Glory), and Khary Randolph (Excellence). Collects TECH JACKET #1-8, TECH JACKET DIGITAL #1-3, & TECH JACKET (2014) #1-12.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Fullerton
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 258 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
1126 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5343-3056-6 (9781534330566)
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First and foremost a comic creator, Kirkman has seen groundbreaking success in the adaptation of his comic book titles into major franchises in all forms of content. In 2010, his Eisner award winning series, The Walking Dead, was developed into an AMC television series. It has become a worldwide phenomenon as the highest-rated basic cable drama of all time. The property has also been extended into a blockbuster game franchise, licensing business and ongoing publishing success.
Additional Kirkman comics include Oblivion Song, Die!Die!Die!, Invincible, Outcast, Super Dinosaur, Battle Pope, Astounding Wolf-Man, and Thief of Thieves.
Kirkman also serves as consulting producer of The Talking Dead, the popular talk show hosted by Chris Hardwick that deep dives into each week’s episode of both The Walking Dead and its companion series Fear the Walking Dead. Kirkman is co-creator, writer and producer of The Walking Dead’s companion series, Fear the Walking Dead.
He is also executive producer of the AMC series Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics, and the Korean pre-apocalyptic drama, Five Year. Kirkman’s popular demonic-exorcism comic, Outcast, was adapted and produced for Cinemax. His second longest running coming book series Invincible is currently being adapted for a live action movie for Universal and an animated series for Amazon. Kirkman will serve as Executive Producer on both adaptations.
Robert is also the Chairman of Skybound Entertainment. Robert, an advocate for creator rights, co-founded Skybound alongside his longtime business and producing partner David Alpert in an effort to ensure creators are able to maintain their intellectual property rights and creative control.
Joseph Keatinge is the writer of Image, Skybound, Marvel, and DC Comics titles including FLAVOR, EVOLUTION, SHUTTER, RINGSIDE, GLORY, TECH JACKET, Marvel Knights: Hulk, and Adventures of Superman as well as the Executive Editor of Eisner & Harvey award-winning Image Comics anthology, POPGUN, and Courtney Taylor-Taylor’s One Model Nation.
A Los Angeles-based comic book writer, Aubrey's work includes The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling, No One Left to Fight, BEEF BROS and more.
E. J. Su is an American comic book artist and penciller. He was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States at the age of 14. He is best known for his work on Transformers and Castlevania: Belmont Legacy.
He has also worked for Image Comics on Tech Jacket (2002), a six-issue limited series, with writer Robert Kirkman.
Boston born and Vienna based, Khary Randolph has worked with some of the biggest media companies in the world, such as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, 20th Century Fox, Netflix, ESPN, Upper Deck, Nickelodeon, Epic Games & Samsung. For two decades his stylish and energetic artwork has been seen in comic books, video games, toys design & animation, and on the walls of the Smithsonian. He is the co-creator of Mosaic from Marvel Comics, Excellence from Skybound/Image Comics, and Sirens of the City from Boom Studios.
Emilio Lopez has been a professional freelance artist for close to 20 years and worked in almost all aspects of entertainment from animation, comics, trading card games, to video games. For the greater part of his art career, he has worked in animation production. Some of the more notable shows he has worked on are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Venture Bros, Metalocalyps, and Black Dynamite. He has also worked as an Illustrator and colorist on Spider-man, Batman Beyond, Batman: Batman: Arkham Knight, and more.
Additional Kirkman comics include Oblivion Song, Die!Die!Die!, Invincible, Outcast, Super Dinosaur, Battle Pope, Astounding Wolf-Man, and Thief of Thieves.
Kirkman also serves as consulting producer of The Talking Dead, the popular talk show hosted by Chris Hardwick that deep dives into each week’s episode of both The Walking Dead and its companion series Fear the Walking Dead. Kirkman is co-creator, writer and producer of The Walking Dead’s companion series, Fear the Walking Dead.
He is also executive producer of the AMC series Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of Comics, and the Korean pre-apocalyptic drama, Five Year. Kirkman’s popular demonic-exorcism comic, Outcast, was adapted and produced for Cinemax. His second longest running coming book series Invincible is currently being adapted for a live action movie for Universal and an animated series for Amazon. Kirkman will serve as Executive Producer on both adaptations.
Robert is also the Chairman of Skybound Entertainment. Robert, an advocate for creator rights, co-founded Skybound alongside his longtime business and producing partner David Alpert in an effort to ensure creators are able to maintain their intellectual property rights and creative control.
Joseph Keatinge is the writer of Image, Skybound, Marvel, and DC Comics titles including FLAVOR, EVOLUTION, SHUTTER, RINGSIDE, GLORY, TECH JACKET, Marvel Knights: Hulk, and Adventures of Superman as well as the Executive Editor of Eisner & Harvey award-winning Image Comics anthology, POPGUN, and Courtney Taylor-Taylor’s One Model Nation.
A Los Angeles-based comic book writer, Aubrey's work includes The Comic Book Story of Professional Wrestling, No One Left to Fight, BEEF BROS and more.
E. J. Su is an American comic book artist and penciller. He was born in Taiwan and moved to the United States at the age of 14. He is best known for his work on Transformers and Castlevania: Belmont Legacy.
He has also worked for Image Comics on Tech Jacket (2002), a six-issue limited series, with writer Robert Kirkman.
Boston born and Vienna based, Khary Randolph has worked with some of the biggest media companies in the world, such as Marvel Comics, DC Comics, 20th Century Fox, Netflix, ESPN, Upper Deck, Nickelodeon, Epic Games & Samsung. For two decades his stylish and energetic artwork has been seen in comic books, video games, toys design & animation, and on the walls of the Smithsonian. He is the co-creator of Mosaic from Marvel Comics, Excellence from Skybound/Image Comics, and Sirens of the City from Boom Studios.
Emilio Lopez has been a professional freelance artist for close to 20 years and worked in almost all aspects of entertainment from animation, comics, trading card games, to video games. For the greater part of his art career, he has worked in animation production. Some of the more notable shows he has worked on are Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Venture Bros, Metalocalyps, and Black Dynamite. He has also worked as an Illustrator and colorist on Spider-man, Batman Beyond, Batman: Batman: Arkham Knight, and more.