Raptor: A Sokol Graphic Novel

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Raptor: A Sokol Graphic Novel
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Dave Mckean
By (author) Dave McKean
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:128
Dimensions(mm): Height 306,Width 232
ISBN/Barcode 9781506720630
ClassificationsDewey:741.5
Audience
General
Illustrations 1 Illustrations, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.
Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.
Publication Date 27 July 2021
Publication Country United States

Description

A visual tour-de-force graphic novel from artist and writer Dave McKean (Black Dog, The Sandman). A visual tour-de-force graphic novel from artist and writer Dave McKean (Black Dog, The Sandman). The Raptor, Sokol, flickers between two worlds- a feudal fantastical landscape where he must hunt prey to survive, and Wales in the late 1800s where a writer of supernatural tales mourns the passing of his young wife. He exists between two states, the human and the hawk. He lives in the twilight between truth and lies, life and death, reality and the imagination. World Fantasy, Harvey, British Science Fiction Association, and V+A Book Award winner Dave McKean's first creator-owned character is a wandering spirit for our times.

Author Biography

Dave McKean is an illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker, and musician. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpture. After a trip to New York in 1986, during which he failed to find work as a comics artist, McKean met writer Neil Gaiman and the pair collaborated on a short graphic novel of disturbing childhood memories, Violent Cases, published in 1987. This was followed in 1988 by a Black Orchid miniseries (again with Gaiman) and Hellblazer covers for DC Comics. Beginning in 1989 he produced the covers for Gaiman's celebrated series The Sandman as well asall its collected editions and many of its spin-offs; and the Batman graphic novel, Arkham Asylum- A Serious House on Serious Earth, with writer Grant Morrison (1989). McKean has gone on to collaborate further with Neil Gaiman in both print and film.