Coming simply in time for V-Day (in case you could have a comics-loving companion or are gifting to a fan of Infinite Jest), Top Shelf Productions will publish a new graphic novel, Mary Tyler MooreHawk, by the Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist Dave Baker (Everyone is Tulip). Described as “equal parts sweeping action-adventure graphic novel and dystopian detective story that weaves back and forth between worlds, touching on everything from corporate personhood to mutant shark-men to the meaning of fandom and reality itself,” Baker’s newest work arrives in shops on February 13, 2024.
Before the graphic novel’s debut, Top Shelf has given The Beat an unique have a look at the e book and a assertion from the creator himself, Baker.
Mary Tyler MooreHawk
Here’s how Baker’s “mind-bending” graphic novel was described within the press launch:
“Top Shelf Productions will publish Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist Dave Baker’s mind-bending graphic novel Mary Tyler MooreHawk in 2024. ‘Half graphic novel, half postmodern prose mystery, this mind-bending book combines multiple formats and multiple dimensions into a retro-futurist palimpsest, crossing the streams between fiction and reality,’ mentioned cartoonist Dave Baker. The e book can be launched in February 2024.
Who Is Mary Tyler MooreHawk? How did she save the world from a dimension-hopping megalomaniac? Why was her TV present canceled after solely 9 episodes? And what occurred to the reclusive genius behind her creation? These are simply a few of the questions that younger journalist Dave Baker begins to ask himself as he unravels the numerous mysteries surrounding the obscure comedian e book Mary Tyler MooreHawk. However, his curiosity grows into an obsession when he discovers that the artist behind his favourite globe-trotting woman detective… is additionally named Dave Baker.”
Baker offered The Beat with an unique quote. Read it under:
“Mike Ploog is an under-respected comic book artist. I’m a big fan of his Werewolf by Night work. And, also, specifically I love his designs and concept drawings for John Carpenter‘s The Thing. This sequence was my homage to a snowed-in group of people being forced to go up against an unknowable terror. There’s something about creatures with tons of tendons, sinew, and fangs that just makes me excited to draw. Which I think you can see, in the pages at hand. Additionally, when looking at these pages, it’s interesting to me to look at the faces of the characters. When you’re working on a long project you wax and wane in your ability to keep the characters likenesses consistent. Sometimes you get up, and you’re just like, ‘How do I draw these people? I’ve been drawing every day for three years.’ These pages feel pretty good to me. I specifically like this eye-patched version of Dr MooreHawk-Cho and Roxy Racer. They look like this in my head when I think of them. That might sound like a fairly small thing to a non-artist. But trust me, having your characters come out like you imagine them is basically 9/10ths of the job as a cartoonist.”
Arriving on February 13, 2024
Dave Baker’s Mary Tyler MooreHawk is arriving on February 13, 2024, and can be obtainable wherever books and comics are offered. Do you propose to decide up Mary Tyler MooreHawk subsequent week? Let The Beat know within the feedback part, and have a look at the preview pages under!
Mary Tyler Moorehawk can be obtainable in every single place books and comics are offered on February 13, 2024. For extra info, comply with Dave Baker on Twitter and Instagram
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