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Descender, Vol. 1: Tin Stars Paperback – September 9, 2015

by Jeff Lemire (Author), Dustin Nguyen (Illustrator)
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"Your new sci-fi obsession is here, and its name is Descender." -Entertainment Weekly

Young Robot boy TIM-21 and his companions struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. Written by award-winning creator, Jeff Lemire, Descender is a rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey. Lemire pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling epic.

Collects Descender issues #1-6 of the critically acclaimed, bestselling science fiction series into trade paperback.
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    Descender
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  3. Language
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    Image Comics
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    September 9, 2015
  6. Reading age
    16 years and up
  7. Dimensions
    7 x 0.2 x 10 inches
  8. ISBN-10
    1632154269
  9. ISBN-13
    978-1632154262
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"Your new sci-fi obsession is here"-ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

"Jeff Lemire has dreamt up an emotional, imaginative new universe"-Brian K. Vaughan, SAGA

"The best new comic book of 2015."-VOX

"Epic, intelligent, and full of heart."--COMICS ALLIANCE

"Gorgeous."-VULTURE

"Remarkable"-BLEEDING COOL

"Beautiful."-THE NERDIST

"Exciting."-LOS ANGELES TIMES/HERO COMPLEX

"You should be reading this book."--KOTAKU

"It's so beautiful." -- Kelly Sue DeConnick, PRETTY DEADLY

"Stunning."--COMIC BOOK RESOURCES

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“An epic sci fi tale with a huge heart.” ―Scott Snyder, Wytches


"Descender is darn good comic-book storytelling." ―BLASTR


“Exciting.” ―The Los Angeles Times' HeroComplex


“Nothing short of beautiful.” ―Paste Magazine


"The art feels light and almost whimsical. I love that. I also love the colors and the choice to make certain areas (UGC) bright so the panels pop off the page, and others (mining colony, Gnish homeworld), much darker, grittier. All of it together looks like watercolors without brushstrokes. Overall, there’s a little something for everyone here in Descender." ―Kirkus Reviews


“You should be reading this book.” ―Kotaku

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Image Comics; Illustrated edition (September 9, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 160 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1632154269
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1632154262
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 16 years and up
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 0.2 x 10 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 888 ratings

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  1. Jeff Lemire

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    New York Times Bestselling author Jeff Lemire has built a unique career as both the writer and artist of acclaimed literary graphic novels like Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Sweet Tooth and Trillium and also as one of the most popular writers of mainstream superhero comics with acclaimed runs on such titles as Green Arrow, Animal Man, Justice League and Hawkeye for Marvel and DC Comics.

    Current projects include the original graphic novel ROUGHNECK to be published by Simon and Schuster in 2016, as well as the science fiction series DESCENDER with Dustin Nguyen and A.D. with Scott Snyder.

    In 2008 and in 2013 Jeff won the Schuster Award for Best Canadian Cartoonist. He has also received The Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent and the American Library Association’s prestigious Alex Award, recognizing books for adults with specific teen appeal. He has also been nominated for 8 Eisner awards, 7 Harvey Awards and 8 Shuster Awards.

    In 2010 Essex County became the first graphic novel to be included in the prestigious Canada Reads contest making it to the final five and winning the people’s choice vote as best Canadian novel of the decade.

    He lives in Toronto with his wife and son.

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    STEVE WANDS is best known as a Harvey Award and Lammy Award nominated comic book letterer with DC Comics, Image, TKO Studios, Random House, and others but he’s also indie author of the Stay Dead series, Feareater, and co-writer of Trail of Blood. When not working he spends time with his family in New Jersey.

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    Dustin Nguyen is a New York Times Bestselling and Eisner Award winning American comic creator.

    Currently, Dustin illustrates Descender, a monthly comic published through Image Comics in which he is also co-creator of, alongside artist/writer Jeff Lemire. He is also working on the next installment of Scholastic's Secret Hero Society as well as Lil' Gotham for DC Comics with Derek Fridolfs, slated to release next year.

    WHAT IS IT is his first children's book, illustrated by Dustin and written by his wife Nicole Hoang as a child in 5th grade. It is produced by BOOM! Studios and distributed by Simon & Shuster.

    His past body of work includes - Wildcats v3.o, The Authority Revolution, Batman, Superman/Batman, Detective Comics, his creator owned project- Manifest Eternity, Batgirl, and Batman: Streets of Gotham. He is also credited for co-writing and illustrating Justice League Beyond , illustrating Vertigo's American Vampire: Lord of Nightmares with writer Scott Snyder, and co-creator of DC's all ages series- BATMAN: Lil Gotham written by himself and Derek Fridolfs. Aside from providing cover illustrations for the majority of his own books, his cover art can also be found on titles from Batman Beyond , Batgirl, Justice League: Generation Lost, Supernatural and Friday the 13th, to numerous other DC, Marvel, Darkhorse, Boom, IDW, and Image Comics.

    Outside of comics, Dustin also moonlights as a conceptual artist for toys and consumer products, games, and animation.

    He enjoys sleeping, driving, and sketching things he cares about.

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Electric Space Opera
Descender is emotion wrapped in wires, and it's a great start to a space opera focused more on the existentialism of what makes something sentient.​Ten years after "Harvesters" (robots bigger than you can imagine) have pretty much decimated eight fully populated planets, a robot named TIM 21 awakes to find his mining colony in ruins, and his family missing. ​He discovers that after the mass destruction of the planets, humans took to robot cullings, nearly wiping out a good bit of the AI population.- Every character is pretty interesting. From a scheming robot scientist, to a human murdering mining droid, each character actually has something unique to add to the plot.-Though slightly reminiscent of the movie AI, it goes into full space opera mode as soon as the pages get to turning. The only time it feels overly trope like is when TIM 21 is remembering his family, and the compassion and love he experienced with them. This is done through a flashback and isn't as necessary to the plot as the rest of the history that's explained.-The backstory that Doctor Quon goes into towards the end of the book is more than worth the wait, and fully immerses you in where the story could be going.-Rating-M-There is a little bit of graphic violence in this one, it's nothing I wouldn't let a twelve year old read though.Please see more of my reviews at amandadanadotcom!
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Dave Bell Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully Imaginative and Cinematic
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2016
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Jeff Lemire and Dustin Ngyuen have created a truly unique science fiction realm with its own intriguing history and mysteries, while simultaneously hearkening back to great science fiction realms such as Battlestar: Galactica and Star Wars. It is wonderfully imaginative, suspenseful, engaging, and adorable all at the same time.

Lemire's script shows meticulous planning and plotting with a steady pace that leaves the reader wanting more after they close the back cover, and his characterizations are dynamic and relate-able, regardless of whether they are human, alien, or robot. Tim-21, the protagonist, is the perfect choice for the reader to follow on their journey, as he is in the dark just as much as the rest of us are, learning more and more about this world with the turn of every page. I would be remiss if I didn't make note of Driller, a lovable oaf of a hard labor robot, and my personal favorite character. While he never has much to say, it is always something entertaining or poignant.

The art...good Lord, the art is phenomenal. Ngyuen's unique style creates a somewhat cartoon-ish realm that somehow feels just as real as the one we all inhabit, all with water-color painted interiors that share a level of quality with Alex Ross' work on Kingdom Come. It is absolutely gorgeous to look at for hours on end, with little nuggets of detail thrown in to ensure that you will find something new with each re-read more often than not.

This is a book that I would highly recommend to anyone who is a fan of the comics medium in general, or is a sci-fi fan, or both. I could easily see this story being adapted by a major studio for the big screen and it would feel right at home.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous and very well written. I'd give it 500 stars if I could, all made out of tin, of course.
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2015
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While I'm generally not a huge comic book person, this series has been a wonderful exception for me.

Beautifully written and drawn -- the hand-drawn water coloring is some of the most gorgeous comic book art I've ever seen. You could totally leave this on a coffee table and people could just flip the pages and fall in love, without even reading it panel by panel.

Sci Fi works really, really well in graphic form, and yet we have so few really good sci fi graphic novels and comics... I'm so glad this series was started.

I've been downloading the issues on Comixology, but the art is so georgeous in a way that comes out best in print -- so I wanted to get the first volume when it came out. I was worried I wouldn't want to go back and read it, and that this would be a glorified prop in my book case, but I'm happy to report that getting to pick this story up in hand and see the water colors in person has made me fall in love with the issues in Volume 1 all over again.

While I've been downloading the series from Comixology, I have seen enough of the issues in person to know that the first volume's collection is every bit as gorgeous and well done as the individual issues so far..

For a $10 price, the cover is fairly durable, so it should hold up well as long as you don't mistreat it.
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Tabitha D.
4.0 out of 5 stars A Captivating Start
Reviewed in the United States on April 7, 2022
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If there’s anything I love a lot it’s definitely futuristic space sci-fi.

I kept hearing about this particular graphic novel on Booktube & Bookstagram, and was always stun by the examples of the art as well as the genre and story premise. Finally being able to get ahold of the first volume was exciting. The art style is even more gorgeous than the examples I’d seen. . . even the more brutal scenes. The story hooked me right out the door. Though it looks like I might be waiting awhile before I can read anymore which is unfortunate as I could see myself flying through this story if I had access. I already want to know more about Tim-21 and see where his story leads. I also can’t wait to learn more about Telsa and Quon who are interesting as well. That particular reveal along with the ending has left me wanting more.

Though I’d definitely recommend looking up some content warnings/trigger warnings before starting the series since there’s definitely some sensitive subject matter to be found both in the text and in the art.
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Cynthia
5.0 out of 5 stars Captivating
Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2023
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Could not stop reading! The art style is so unique! Highly recommend for sci-fi lovers, old and new! Great gem!
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TammyJo Eckhart
5.0 out of 5 stars 6 volumes of luminous story and art
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2017
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What do you get with Jeff Lemire's writing and Dustin Nguyen's art? A complex beautiful world that kept me engaged and reading straight through from the moment I opened it up.

The story starts 10 years in the past when the planets are attacked by giant robots. When I type "giant" I mean the size of planets! The we turn to today where we meet TIM-21, a child companion robot who awakens to find discover that while he's slept, his world has changed. He is "rescued" by two agents -- Telsa, the daughter of a powerful general, and Tullis, her right hand -- along with the scientist who created TIM-21. Things do not go as planned. The story is told through current happenings, flashbacks, and visions but they are easy to tell apart. The creatures are complex and very interesting.

The artwork is amazing. It is painted and looks like it could be hanging in an art museum. I appreciated the change in color schemes to help signal the visions and the current days. The colors give a real sense of differences between the few planets we visit. The lack of harsh definite lines made the pages seem like they were floating in space.

I loved it and what the next volume.
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robbie
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved Tim 21
Reviewed in Canada on December 1, 2023
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Great story, I found at that the beginning was hard to understand a bit but once I got the story line I was totally hooked, read the book in two days, not mad about that, I couldn’t put it down. Tim is my favourite character I love seeing his storyline build.
I didn’t like the doctor at the start and I’m glad I didn’t like him at the end. He seemed off even though he seemed nice to Tim.
The art was confusing at first but morphed into a beautiful masterpiece by the end, I really enjoyed reading this, I could see getting the second book soon.
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Sue
5.0 out of 5 stars Cool!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 2, 2023
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What's not to like about this storyline?
I've read Descender online, but being a tactile kind of person I prefer to hold books in my hand and not read off a monitor.
I'm a fan of this work by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, so much so that it inspired me to collect their Robin and Batman collaboration.
Most times with comic books it's the artwork that will catch my attention, then I'll have a look at the storyline and if both work for me, I'm hooked.
I have to admit that I did find the artwork strange at first, but I ploughed on and have re-read the Descender a few times and I've come to admire the art and the writing of this Galactic scale love story, because that's what it is, in the end, the love of a boy and his friends.

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Gitanjli Chhibber
5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting story, lots of twists
Reviewed in India on April 16, 2021
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This book is actually very interesting! The plots have lots of twists and its like watching a movie.
The visuals are minimal and well done. Must have for graphic novel readers and sci-fi lovers
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Marcos
5.0 out of 5 stars Um sci-fi belo, instigante e inteligente.
Reviewed in Brazil on September 26, 2019
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Fantástico este primeiro volume. Jeff Lemire e Dustin Nguyen criaram uma bela estória, com personagens super cativantes e um universo complexo e instigante. Vale muito a pena.
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Dustin Dziembala
5.0 out of 5 stars Ein prefekter Anfang für eine prefekte Saga
Reviewed in Germany on August 29, 2019
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Star Wars trifft auf Blade Runner. Jeff Lemires menschlicher Schreibstil und Dustin Nguyans unglaubliche Zeichnungen machen dieses Buch zum Anfang des menschlichen Epos seit langem.
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