The Winter Men
Published on 29. January 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-84856-516-6 (ISBN)
Description
In the modern, post-collapse Soviet Union, criminal gangs rule under the aegis of a crumbled government, and old soldiers roam the streets...as do old superheroes. One such man is Kris Kalenov, a former member of the Russian elite military force 'Red 11', now a Moscow policeman. Caught up in a kidnapping case, Kalenov encounters the dark heart of the New Russia at every turn, bringing him into conflict and allegiance with friends and enemies alike as he searches for both a missing girl, and the secret of the Soviet super-project codenamed 'Winter'. Author Brett Lewis and artist John Paul Leon ("Static") present a tour-de-force graphic novel soaked in vodka, blood and sweat. Warning: This title is for adults only!
Reviews / Votes
"A book with a singular voice and style the likes of which I've not seen for a long time." - AintItCool.com "[an] intense mixture of black humour and pathos... Lewis has located this powerful metaphoric aspect of genre fiction and uses it to great effect" - ComicsBulletin.com "About the best pair of creators I've seen teamed up on a book in a long time" - ComicCritique.com "The kind of stealthy, striking series that'll be passed around by word-of-mouth, dug up in bargain bins, feted across the fandom conversations of years to come." - Joe McCullough, JogLikesComics"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
colour comic strip
Dimensions
Height: 258 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84856-516-6 (9781848565166)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Brett Lewis is a freelance writer and consultant living in the Los Angeles area. The WInter Men is his first comic. John Paul Leon is an acclaimed artist whose work includes Batman, Earth-X, Static, Superman and X-men.