Brass Sun: The Wheel of Worlds
10 best books like Brass Sun: The Wheel of Worlds (Ian Edginton): Descender, Vol. 6: The Machine War, Descender, Vol. 5: Rise of the Robots, Descender, Vol. 4: Orbital Mechanics, Descender, Vol. 3: Singularities, Descender, Vol. 2: Machine Moon, Snow, Glass, Apples, Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical, Oblivion Song, Vol. 1, Promethea, Vol. 1, Snow, Glass, Apples
Descender, Vol. 6: The Machine War
| Author | Jeff Lemire |
| ISBN | 1534306900 |
A new, cataclysmic chapter of the Descender saga is here! All the various factions who have been hunting Tim-21 finally converge around the ocean planet, Mata just as the robots launch their galaxy wide revolution! But nothing can prepare the young android Tim, or the readers, for what happens next....
Descender, Vol. 5: Rise of the Robots
| Author | Jeff Lemire |
| ISBN | 1534303456 |
The first major DESCENDER event is here. This is what it has all been building to. The Robot Resistance rises up and tightens its iron grip in the universe as the origins of the Harvesters are finally revealed and the galaxy is thrown into all-out war! A new chapter of the sci-fi epic begins here by superstar...
| Author | Jeff Lemire |
| ISBN | 1534301933 |
Tim-21, Telsa and Quon finally escape the Machine Moon and head out on a quest to find the ancient robot who may hold the key to the Harvesters. Meanwhile Andy and his rag-tag team close in on Tim, but their fragile alliance is shattered by Driller's revealtions.
A new chapter of the heartfelt Sci Fi...
Descender, Vol. 3: Singularities
| Author | Jeff Lemire |
| ISBN | 1632158787 |
Volume 3: 5 issues, each devoted to the backstories of principal characters dating back to ten years up to the present action, to help us better understand what is going. Which is a lot. Tim 22, Telsa, Effie (and Andy), Bandit the Robot dog, Driller (the Killer). This is not Vaughn’s Saga with clever...
Descender, Vol. 2: Machine Moon
| Author | Jeff Lemire |
| ISBN | 1632156768 |
I was so happy to pick this up in my local comic shop and I knew I would love it as I did with the first one. This one I felt was even better with not only artwork that's stunning but also a beautifully developing story line which is really starting to make a bit more sense now. I love the emotional connection we...
| Author | Neil Gaiman |
| ISBN | 1472262913 |
A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran.
A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter and determined to repel this creature and save her kingdom from a world where happy endings aren't so happily ever...
Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical
| Author | Brian Rea |
| ISBN | 1452172552 |
Even Death cares about his work-life balance...
Death never takes a day off. Until he gets a letter from the HR department insisting he use up his accrued vacation time, that is. In this humorous and heartfelt book from beloved illustrator Brian Rea, readers take a peek at Death's journal entries...
A decade ago 300,000 citizens of Philadelphia were suddenly lost in Oblivion. The government made every attempt to recover them but after many years they gave up. Nathan Cole… won’t. He makes daily trips, risking his life to try and rescue those lost, alone and afraid, living in the apocalyptic...
| Author | Alan Moore |
| ISBN | 1563896672 |
Issues 1-6.
Sophie Bangs was a just an ordinary college student in a weirdly futuristic New York when a simple assignment changed her life forever. While researching Promethea, a mythical warrior woman, Sophie receives a cryptic warning to cease her investigations. Ignoring the cautionary...
*3.5 stars*
Oh my! Snow, Glass, Apples is some twisted, dark and creepy fairytale retelling of Snow White, lovely and dear Snow White. In this short story written by the critically acclaimed author Neil Gaiman, she is pure and innocent no more. Better watch out: the mask she wears might...
Boetema suddenly develops the ability to astrally project to other worlds, unintentionally possessing the bodies of people light years away.
Inotu, her inquisitive brother with a penchant for trouble, finds himself on the run after he’s caught eavesdropping on an illegal business deal...
| Author | Steve Niles |
| ISBN | 1600107982 |
On balance, Mystery Society is a fun frolic, a high-speed romp through a world where talking skeletons, disembodied science fiction writers, and nuclear powered little girls can simultaneously take on the full strength of the United States army and locate the missing skull of Edgar Allen Poe. Fiona...
| Author | Alan Moore |
| ISBN | 1563899574 |
Sophie Bangs was a normal college student until a simple class assignment resulted in her being transformed into Promethea, a two-thousand-year-old mythical warrior woman.
In the second installment of the series that Entertainment Weekly has given an A-, Sophie continues to learn more...
The third thrilling collection of the critically acclaimed, award-winning PROMETHEA is back, offered as a softcover version of the original hardcover! PROMETHEA BOOK THREE is a 224-page trade paperback from AMERICA'S BEST COMICS reprinting PROMETHEA #13-18, written by Alan Moore with art and...
HELP WANTED
As the world's oldest, most powerful witch,Thessaly has learned through millennia of experience to be prepared for almost anything, but since she could never have foreseen the persistence of one lovesick ghost names Fetch--or the conniving, underhanded lengths he would go...
| Author | Alan Moore |
| ISBN | 1592912656 |
Alan Moore, the man who revolutionized comics, returns to tell a horrifying tale in the world of Garth Ennis' grueling survival horror series, Crossed! Set 100 years in the future, Alan Moore has created a whole newworld and history with a stunning attention to detail. Examining how civilizations...
Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts
Hungry Ghosts
is cooked up by the best selling author and veteran chef, Anthony Bourdain (
Kitchen Confidential
, Emmy-Award winning TV star of
Parts Unknown
) and acclaimed novelist Joel Rose (
Kill, Kill, Faster, Faster
) back again from their
New York Times
#1 best seller,
...
| Author | Sean McKeever |
| ISBN | 1534306927 |
Welcome to Outpost Zero: the smallest town in the universe. The people there work the land, go to the fights every Friday night, and tuck their children into bed... but the Outpost is no place for dreams. To survive is ambitious enough. As Alea and her friends graduate to adulthood under the artificial...
| Author | Dan Abnett |
| ISBN | 1781086281 |
Humanity is on the brink in the second critically-acclaimed volume of smash comics duo Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard’s atmospheric space-noir.
MERCURY HAS DISAPPEARED.
NO-ONE KNOWS WHY.
Her past as an Investigator seemingly behind her, Bridget Kurtis is sent to the under-construction...
| Author | Dan Abnett |
| ISBN | 1781085501 |
Humanity is on the brink in this atmospheric space-noir from hit comics duo Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard.
Late 21st century and Earth has been reduced to an uninhabited wasteland. What was left of humanity was evacuated into overpopulated space stations, or ‘Habitats’. A hotbed for crime...
| Author | Robert Kirkman |
| ISBN | 1534310576 |
This was OK but I feel like this story should have ended here. The latter half of this story felt like things were wrapping up. I honestly thought it was ending until that final page appeared. De Felici can draw some mean looking monsters but all of his humans look like they are 90 years old. They all have so...
| Author | Sean McKeever |
| ISBN | 1534312161 |
Welcome back to the smallest town in the universe! A devastating storm has trapped the Outpost under ice, threatening to crush them all. As Planning Team ventures out into the Frost to save them, teenagers Alea, Sam and Lyss find an unexpected opportunity to prove their worth�and uncover greater...
| Author | Sean McKeever |
| ISBN | 1534313656 |
After writing indie comics (such as the ensemble teen-drama The Waiting Place) for six years, Sean got his big break writing an issue of The Incredible Hulk for Marvel Comics in 2001. Since then, Sean has written hundreds of comics for Marvel, DC Comics and other publishers, including notable runs on...
| Author | Mat Groom |
| ISBN | 1534312277 |
When chaos besieges the kingdom of Arcadia, warrior Amala Citlali sees it as her chance to escape her clearly-defined role, and change her destiny. But what she doesn't realize, what she could never predict, is that it will also be her chance to confront her God.
In his debut editorial role,...
| Author | Jonathan Hickman |
| ISBN | 1582409234 |
"Eternity, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity... the logical progression of perfect societal evolution. Is utopia achievable? Let's find out together... With capes, and laser beams shooting out of our eyes."
From the mind of comic book innovator Jonathan Hickman and the pen of super-talent...
| Author | Robert Kirkman |
| ISBN | 1534313265 |
Kirkman konečně dupnul na plyn a začíná to stát za to.
Radujme se, veselme se, konečně se začínají odhalovat důležité části příběhu a spolu s tím tu máme tolik akce, že to až vypadá jakoby Kirkman doháněl resty.
Děj se tu posunul o něco dopředu, problémy naší...
A.B.C Warriors: Return to Earth
| Author | Pat Mills |
| ISBN | 1781081441 |
Ever wondered how Hammerstein met Ro-Jaws or how he got his second head? Well this is the book for you.
Set immediately after the events of the 'Volgan Wars' this book is predominantly set in the past. Hammerstein relates to his comrades what he did after their first mission together on Mars,...
| Author | Joe Hill |
| ISBN | 1613772823 |
This is the third book I've read this week that featured a motorcycle gang and drugs. I might need to read a smexy book soon.
The first story in this book kinda lost me a bit. A motorcycle gang is running from a lone truck. Smashing and bashing happen. Not bad. I like smashing and bashing. (Yes, I do...
The Sea Beast Takes a Lover: Stories
| Author | Michael Andreasen |
| ISBN | 1101986611 |
Bewitching and playful, with its feet only slightly tethered to the world we know, The Sea Beast Takes a Lover explores hope, love, and loss across a series of surreal landscapes and wild metamorphoses. Just because Jenny was born without a head doesn't mean she isn't still annoying to her older brother,...
Mega-City Undercover, Vol. 1
Okay first an admission - and to be honest this is the curse I always seem to fall foul of - is that when ever you have a collection of shorter stories put together, basically one shot comic book stories, I always find that I have duplicated them. And so is the case when I realised that the contents of Low Life...
