BLUE JUICE COMICS
Knights Of The Fifth Dimension TP HC Vol 01
RELEASE DATE: 11/9/2022
(W) Van Heel, Casey (A) Flanagan, Walter (CA) Flanagan, Walter
The stories of the Knights are REAL...and your dreams are sorely needed!
William "The Wizard" Gardener is a reclusive comic book creator and artist
who has been the sole voice of the legendary PSYCHEDELIC KNIGHTS
OF THE 5TH DIMENSION for decades. From comic books to toys and
action figures, from cartoons to film, William is the latest of a long line of
artists, poets, writers & musicians tapped to inspire creativity in man in
order to combat Vanta Black's spread of self-doubt, despair and
hopelessness in our world.
But William grows old and tired, and his once-revered comic book series is
now relegated to flea markets and bargain bins across the world. Years
ago, William enlisted the help of up-and-coming writer/artist Kurt "The
Great One" Gideon to carry on the Knights legacy, but after a short and
successful run, a disillusioned Kurt turned to fame and drugs, becoming an
industry pariah.
After years of silence, William needs Kurt's help again...but it's not with
inking or coloring. Will Kurt continue William's legacy and join the long line
of dreamers and artists who have kept Vanta Black from seeping into our
dimension for generations?
And in the comic-within-the-comic, join Kree-Gah, J0N 3:16, Professor
Amorphous, The Damned Yankee, and the Spiral Architect as they battle
The Primordial Evil, all while Vanta Black grows more powerful.
Just past the edges of our understanding, Kurt realizes that his oncecolorful
stories have real-world consequences and he is needed to journey
beyond our dimension, to the parallel universe he once believed to be
fantasy, and join the resistance in the ancient struggle between good and
evil. Only then can he save both worlds.
KNIGHTS OF THE 5th DIMENSION is a love letter to Bronze Age comic
books and an homage to the Jack Kirby creations that still adorn comic
book shelves, movie screens, and TV sets everywhere. From the minds of
artist Walter Flanagan (BATMAN: THE WIDENING GYRE, AMC's COMIC
BOOK MEN, TELL 'EM STEVE-DAVE), Writer Casey Van Heel
(PALOOKA, THE CIVIL FOUR), and Colorist Wayne Jansen (METRO,
CRYPTOZOIC MAN,) and published by Blue Juice Comics (THE
ACCELERATORS, ANNE BONNIE, ÆTHER & EMPIRE).
This battle will require more than dreamers...our world needs Knights.
FOC DATE: 1/0/1900
SKU: SEP221465
UPC/ISBN: 9781940967103
SKU: SEP221465
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