Nowhere Men

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Nowhere Men is a US comic series by the author and Image Comics editor -in- chief Eric Stephenson and illustrator Nate Bellegarde, which has been running at Image Comics since November 2012 . The publication of the originally planned twelve volumes was repeatedly delayed for various reasons. The main reason was the illness of the illustrator Nate Bellegarde, which meant that volume six had to be postponed by several months to October 2013. After a break of two years, the series was resumed in January 2016 with the new cartoonist Dave Taylor. After volumes seven to eleven appeared on schedule, volume twelve is already several months late, with a currently planned publication date of February 2018. Health reasons were also given by Taylor for this.

By June 2017, eleven issues (in English ) and an anthology ( issues 1–6, in English and German) had been published. The series is part of a series of more complex and experimental comic series at Image Comics.

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The comic is about four young scientists who trigger a hype reminiscent of Beatlemania and with their company World Corp. usher in a new age of natural laws. At the same time, the World Corp. project scheduled a year later will be illuminated in space. The astronauts involved fall victim to an accident and acquire all kinds of bizarre to superhero-like skills.

Writer Stephenson says the Beatles were one of the sources of inspiration for the comic. The special thing about the comic is the way in which apparently real documents, letters, magazine pages, interviews, logos and advertising texts are woven between the plot pages in order to create the overall picture of a fictional world. Nowhere Men reached number 12 on a best-of-the-best 2013 list from Bleeding Cool magazine, for which 23 different annual best lists were evaluated.

Awards

Nowhere Men was nominated for four Eisner Awards in 2014 , one of which was won:

  • Best Continuing Series : nominated
  • Best Writer (Eric Stephenson): nominated
  • Best Penciller / Inker (Nate Bellegarde): nominated
  • Best Coloring (Jordie Bellaire): Won

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Matthew Meylikhov. "Nate Bellegarde Opens Up on the whereabouts of" Nowhere Men "on Multiversity Comics July 21, 2014, accessed on May 27, 2017 (English).
  2. ↑ Preview of Comixology. Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Discussion on Twitter. Retrieved May 27, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ Nowhere Men (Volume) - Comic Vine. Retrieved May 27, 2017 .
  5. ^ 'Nowhere Men': Science, Drugs, and Rock N 'Roll [Review]. Retrieved January 30, 2017 (English).
  6. ↑ George Gene Gustines: 'Nowhere Men' and 'The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story' . In: The New York Times . January 1, 2014, ISSN  0362-4331 (English, online [accessed January 30, 2017]).
  7. ^ The Seventeen Best Of The Best Of The Comics For 2013 List. January 6, 2014, accessed January 30, 2017 .
  8. ↑ 2014 Eisner Award Nominees Announced . In: Comic Book Resources , April 15, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014. 
  9. ↑ COMIC-CON 14: Here are your Eisner Award winners . In: The Washington Post , July 27, 2014. Retrieved August 15, 2014. 

Remarks

  1. ↑ Bellaire received the award for several works, including Nowhere Men .