Channel Zero (comics)
| Channel Zero | |
|---|---|
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| Page count | 144 (2000 edition) pages |
| Publisher | Image Comics[1] AiT/Planet Lar |
| Creative team | |
| Writers | Brian Wood |
| Artists | Brian Wood |
| Original publication | |
| Date of publication | 1997 (serial), 2000 (collected), 2012 |
| ISBN | 0967684749 |
Channel Zero is a graphic novel by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan set in a near-future New York City.[1]
The character Jennie 2.5 also appears in Wood's The Couriers.
Publication history
[edit]Channel Zero was first published by Image Comics in 1997 as a serial before being collected as a standalone work by AiT/Planet Lar in 2000. In 2002, Public Domain: A Channel Zero design book was released, and a sequel, Channel Zero: Jennie One, appeared a year later.[2] The book is currently published by Dark Horse Comics in omnibus format.
Synopsis
[edit]Channel Zero is set in a dystopian near-future New York City where the tenets of then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani have grown into a freedom-restricting government initiative called "The Clean Act". The protagonist is Jennie 2.5, a DIY media personality who sets out to stir the complacent population into revolution.
Reception
[edit]Matthew Shaer of The Village Voice described the work as reminiscent of William Gibson,[3] while Keith Giles of Comic Book Resources declared that the novel "established [Wood] early on as a talented artist and writer to keep an eye on".[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 DePuy, Laura (April 1999). "The Not-So-Distant Future: A Chat with Brian Wood". Sequential Tart. II (4). Retrieved April 17, 2009.
- 1 2 Giles, Keith (January 9, 2002). "Brian Wood celebrates 'Brian Wood Month'". CBR News. Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved April 17, 2009.
- ↑ Shaer, Matthew (July 15, 2008). "New York Books - Meet Your Four Father". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved April 17, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Channel Zero at Brianwood.com
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