They're Not Like Us Volume 1: Black Holes for the Young

by Eric Stephenson, Simon Gane (Artist), Jordie Bellaire (Artist)

Overview

Donna Tartt's THE SECRET HISTORY meets THE X-MEN in this unsettling New Adult graphic novel by the author of multiple Eisner Award nominee NOWHERE MEN

Eisner Award nominated Nowhere Men writer Eric Stephenson teams up with red-hot artist Simon Gane (Paris, Sunburn) for a dark and twisty ongoing series perfect for fans of Donna Tartt's The Secret History.

We all have advantages over one another, but what if you were capable of things most of us can only imagine? What would you do—and who would you be? A leader or a follower? A savior or an executioner? A hero... or a villian? Everyone has to make a choice about how to use the abilities they're born with... but for some, those abilities are quite different and that choice comes at a cost. Because in this case, this group of strange individuals... They're not like us.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781632153142
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	07/21/2015
Edition description:	Mature Readers (ages 16 and up)
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	16 Years

About the Author

Eric Stephenson is the Chief Creative Officer and Publisher at Image Comics. As such, he is the head of the company and in charged with cultivating the selective list of titles published by Image each year.

In the decade since Stephenson was first named Publisher, Image Comics has risen from fifth to third-ranked publisher in the industry—maintaining that rank for seven years running. Over that period, Image has received Diamond’s Gem Award for Best Publisher three years in a row from 2014 to 2016. Stephenson individually has been honored with ComicsPRO’s Industry Appreciation Award and was named The Beat’s Industry Person of the Year in 2014, as well as being ranked in the Top 10 on Bleeding Cool’s Power List every year since its inception in 2012. Under Stephenson’s watch, Image has onboarded an unprecedented number of game-changing new series, with Image titles winning nearly three dozen Eisner Awards, across a variety of categories, as well as dominating bestseller lists.

He is the writer/co-creator of the multiple Eisner Award nominated Nowhere Men and of They're Not Like Us.

British artist Simon Gane lives and works in Bath, England. His first published comic strips appeared in the self-produced punk fanzine, Arnie and various mini comics before being collected in Punk Strips. His recent titles include All Flee! , Paris, They're Not Like Us, and The Vinyl Underground.

Jordie Bellaire is a multiple Eisner Award winning colorist for acclaimed projects such as VISION, THEY’RE NOT LIKE US, PRETTY DEADLY, INJECTION, AUTUMNLANDS etc, as well as mainstream hits like BATMAN, DEADPOOL, MOON KNIGHT and HAWKEYE. She is writer and co-creator with artist Vanesa R. Del Rey on the ongoing Image Comics series REDLANDS and is the writer on Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic book series.

She lives in Ireland with her famous cat, Buffy.