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Descender Vol. 4: Orbital Mechanics Kindle & comiXology

by Jeff Lemire (Author), Dustin Nguyen (Cover Art, Artist) Format: Kindle Edition
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 312 ratings
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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 ragtag team close in on Tim, but their fragile alliance is shattered by Driller's revelations. A new chapter of the heartfelt sci-fi epic by superstar creators JEFF LEMIRE & DUSTIN NGUYEN begins here. Collects DESCENDER #17-21.
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About the Author

Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.

Dustin Nguyen has worked in the comic industry since 2000, providing concept art and character design in addition to being a talented sequential artist in his own right. His projects include Descender and Ascender with Jeff Lemire.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B06XRYGCHL
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Image (June 21, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 21, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 440629 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 113 pages
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    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 312 ratings

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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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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book. After the 3rd volume filled more back ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2018
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Great book. After the 3rd volume filled more back stories on the supporting cast, this picks back up with the main characters stories.
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Jordan
5.0 out of 5 stars This Volume was great. I enjoyed the stink out of it
Reviewed in the United States on March 5, 2018
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This Volume was great. I enjoyed the stink out of it. I recommend this series to anyone I've really enjoyed it.
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M. T. Crenshaw
4.0 out of 5 stars Love where the story is going
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2018
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Descender 4 is what I expected the story to be when I read the first volume.b By now, we have enough context and know the characters well-enough to get fast action havning a context. This volume iis fast action, very engaging and entertaining, with several cool twists, and relationships development.

The overall tone of this volume, as the others, is a mix of very elegant whites, light blues, bright red, dark greys and purplish pink. Nguyen's style mesmerises because of his virtuoso use of watercolour and pencil to create futuristic images that have a very cinematic feeling. His rendering of close-ups of human faces is also wonderful. One of the things I liked the most in this volume were those pages in which three different vignettes show parallel action related to three different characters happening on the same page, very cool and cinematic.

The lettering is also great and helps bring to life and give a voice to different kind of characters, and creates a very distinctive ambient noise.

The Kindle rendering of the book is very good, with awesome quality details. The digital vignettes are glorious, with the texture of the paper quite noticeable; in a way it is like having the original vignettes in front of us. Double tapping individuates vignettes and allows readers to swipe between them effortlessly. However, this is not enough at times to read the small letter and, so pinching out solves the problem. There seems to be a faulty vignette, with most of it missing, as it the image of that only vignette had not downloaded, which is very odd; a bug?
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2020
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great product!
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2018
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Great book! Highly recommended!
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Andrew Holm
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2017
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I liked reading it and looking at the pictures.
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Keith D. Churchill
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017
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Awesome next collection of Jeff Lemire's incredible sci-fi epic!
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Ramon
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2017
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Great story and graphics.
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Leona Sylvie Cheyne
5.0 out of 5 stars 10/10 excellent vendor, exellent quality item - excellent prices :)
Reviewed in Spain on November 7, 2023
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10/10 excellent vendor, exellent quality item - excellent prices :)
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DunCAN
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful artwork
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2023
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Like every page deserves framing on a wall
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JRC Dyer
5.0 out of 5 stars I've run out!
Reviewed in Canada on September 13, 2017
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In a frenzy of greed and wonder, I have consumed the last four volumes far too quickly. Descender is such a fun story. It's impossible to practice restraint. As punishment, I must now wait until January for the next volume. :'(
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Cliente Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Trama interessante, com belas ilustrações
Reviewed in Brazil on August 16, 2017
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Apesar de partir de uma temática um tanto comum no universo da ficção científica - a rebelião de máquinas que se descobrem escravizadas pelos seres orgânicos -, esta HQ combina um roteiro muito bem amarrado com uma arte gráfica belíssima, em aquarela, do ilustrador Dustin Nguyen. É um prazer acompanhar a história misteriosa do ataque dos robôs às colônias habitadas da galáxia e tentar descobrir as origens dessa rebelião, seguindo as aventuras do jovem androide TIM-21 e de seus companheiros. Elementos interessantes da trama são os diálogos que ocorrem entre as máquinas e os pensamentos expressados por elas acerca de sua condição, que acrescentam uma aura de "humanização" ao conflito entre os seres artificiais e os orgânicos, o que nos sensibiliza para reflexões sobre temas como avanços tecnológicos e a inteligência artificial. Adquiri os quatro primeiros números dessa HQ, em inglês, e aguardo ansiosamente a continuação. Recebi essas quatro primeiras edições muito bem embaladas e em perfeito estado.
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bruno mariano
5.0 out of 5 stars jeff
Reviewed in Brazil on October 20, 2020
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a cada edição a historia só melhora.
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