Mike Huddleston<\/strong> (Oni Press)
\nISBN: 1-9299-9816-3<\/p>\nDr Ashad Ahmad is a scientist researching into after-life phenomena and the secrets of immortality. To this end he develops a technology that can contain, or perhaps imprison the life force after the body dies. Unfortunately, his financial backers don’t share his scientific or spiritual sense of adventure and he finds himself murdered, trapped in his own device (a mechanical humanoid suit nicknamed \u00e2\u20ac\u0153the Coffin\u00e2\u20ac\u009d), and being blackmailed for his secrets with his daughter’s life as the bargaining chip.<\/p>\n
There’s a compelling metaphysical edge to this classic plot of technology challenging the divine that favourably compares with the best that literature and especially horror films can offer. Comics all-rounder Phil Hester provides edgy dialogue, rounded characters that step up from their archetypal roots and a punchy, satisfying conclusion that is a tribute to the traditions of its creative forebears. Mike Huddleston’s monochrome and wash illustrations are compelling and subversive, seducing you into a tale that actually improves by being collected from its original incarnation as a miniseries into a read-in-one-sitting treat.<\/p>\n
\u00c2\u00a9 2001 Phil Hester & Mike Huddleston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u00c2\u00a0 By Phil Hester and Mike Huddleston (Oni Press) ISBN: 1-9299-9816-3 Dr Ashad Ahmad is a scientist researching into after-life phenomena and the secrets of immortality. To this end he develops a technology that can contain, or perhaps imprison the life force after the body dies. Unfortunately, his financial backers don’t share his scientific or … <\/p>\n
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