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Mister X: The Modern Age

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6.8"W x 10.2"H x 0.7"D   | 28 oz | 16 per carton
On sale Oct 03, 2017 | 368 Pages | 9781506703688
In the retrofuturistic metropolis of Radiant City, its mysterious creator, Mister X, must protect the city and its residents from the architecture of the city itself, which poses a danger to all those within it! Collecting every Mister X comic published by Dark Horse Comics, this trade includes Condemned, Excavations, and Razed, along with never-before-seen behind-the-scenes material!
* All of Dark Horses Mister X material collected in an affordable paperback! 
* A great jumping-on point to the classic series!
Dean Motter has worked as art director, designer, illustrator and writer in the entertainment and publishing industries for over twenty years. Following a stint as staff illustrator for Holt, Rinehart, and Winston of Canada, he went on to become Art Director at CBS Records Canada. He later formed his own studio, Diagram Studios, aka Modern Imageworks. During that time he designed numerous record jackets, as well as continuing to illustrate children's books. He was responsible for the covers for many major Canadian recording acts including Loverboy, The Nylons, Triumph and Anne Murray. His work has won several awards including two Juno Awards (the Canadian counterpart to the Grammy award) for album cover design. He also created promotional graphics and stage designs for many performers and stadium events. He created the '80s comic book sensation, Mister X. He also wrote and illustrated the graphic novel, The Prisoner, based on Patrick McGoohan's television series of the '60s, for DC Comics. Currently Dean makes his home in Georgia where, under the Futura Novelty Co. banner, he continues to create graphic works in the entertainment, book publishing and comic book industries. The author lives in Marietta, GA..
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"Motter has created his own off-beat, stylized cityscape, and even when it engages with contemporary culture it does so in it's own unique way." ⎯Timothy Callahan, ComicBookResources.com

"It's unlike anything else on the shelf right now-- and if you happen to spot something that is, it's probably because Motter's work influenced it." -IGN

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In the retrofuturistic metropolis of Radiant City, its mysterious creator, Mister X, must protect the city and its residents from the architecture of the city itself, which poses a danger to all those within it! Collecting every Mister X comic published by Dark Horse Comics, this trade includes Condemned, Excavations, and Razed, along with never-before-seen behind-the-scenes material!
* All of Dark Horses Mister X material collected in an affordable paperback! 
* A great jumping-on point to the classic series!

Creators

Dean Motter has worked as art director, designer, illustrator and writer in the entertainment and publishing industries for over twenty years. Following a stint as staff illustrator for Holt, Rinehart, and Winston of Canada, he went on to become Art Director at CBS Records Canada. He later formed his own studio, Diagram Studios, aka Modern Imageworks. During that time he designed numerous record jackets, as well as continuing to illustrate children's books. He was responsible for the covers for many major Canadian recording acts including Loverboy, The Nylons, Triumph and Anne Murray. His work has won several awards including two Juno Awards (the Canadian counterpart to the Grammy award) for album cover design. He also created promotional graphics and stage designs for many performers and stadium events. He created the '80s comic book sensation, Mister X. He also wrote and illustrated the graphic novel, The Prisoner, based on Patrick McGoohan's television series of the '60s, for DC Comics. Currently Dean makes his home in Georgia where, under the Futura Novelty Co. banner, he continues to create graphic works in the entertainment, book publishing and comic book industries. The author lives in Marietta, GA..

Praise

"Motter has created his own off-beat, stylized cityscape, and even when it engages with contemporary culture it does so in it's own unique way." ⎯Timothy Callahan, ComicBookResources.com

"It's unlike anything else on the shelf right now-- and if you happen to spot something that is, it's probably because Motter's work influenced it." -IGN
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