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ELECTROPOLIS Dean Motter (W/A) Full Color. 152 pages TPB, 6"" x 9"" Menlo Park is a reprogrammed janitor robot working as a private eye on the neon streets of Electra City, a town designed to generate and conduct massive amounts of electricity. Sixteen years after the apparent suicide of his human partner atop the world's tallest tower, a blond femme fatale gives Menlo some new information about the cause of death. As Menlo and his assistant, Anesta, reopen the case, their journey takes them from Electra's high society to its dark underbelly. Clues from zeppelin pilots and shadowy architects alike reveal a connection between Menlo's partner's death, a mysterious object called the Astrolabe, and the origins of the city itself. A perfect companion to Mister X: Condemned! Visionary artist Dean Motter revisits his unique brand of ""antique futurism"" in a story full of familiar faces, including a crucial cameo by Mister X himself! ""The characters are fun, the atmosphere engaging and the artwork gorgeous."" -The Fourth Rail Text and illustrations of Electropolis © 2009 Dean Motter.
When Mister X hit the shelves twenty-five years ago, no one had ever seen anything like it-a fusion of film noir, Art Deco, and German Expressionism channeled through the talents of the greatest up-and-coming artists of the day. The story of a utopian city with architecture that drove its inhabitants mad and the never-sleeping architect who quested tirelessly for a cure, Mister X captivated a generation of comics fans and creators, transforming the landscape of their chosen medium forever. The masterpiece of legendary designer Dean Motter that featured the artwork of young superstars Jaime Hernandez and Dave McKean and helped launch the careers of independent icons Ty Templeton, Paul Rivoche, and Seth returns to print in a fully remastered hardcover collection! [Dean Motter (W/A), Jaime Hernandez (P), Paul Rivoche (P), Dave McKean (P), Seth (P), Ty Templeton (P]
Dean Motter (W/A) Full Color. 120 pages. TPB, 6"" x 9"" Visit Radiant City, designed using the principles of psychetecture to soothe its inhabitants. But something went horribly wrong, and the city instead causes anxiety, insomnia, and madness. As ordinary citizens begin giving in to dementia and a serial killer walks the streets, a desperate City Hall commissions a drastic program of urban demolition, resulting in the deaths of an entire sect of architects. Returning from exile with a mission to recover Radiant City's original blueprints, only one man has a chance of restoring its sanity-the enigmatic Mister X!
After revolutionizing the worlds of design and storytelling in 1984, Dean Motter's Mister X returned half a decade later to reinvent alternative comics again for a whole new audience. Returning to the story of Radiant City's mysterious architect and his sleepless quest to repair the flaw in its design that is driving its citizens mad, the second version of Motter's creation used the black-and-white format to introduce deeper shadows and more expressionistic angles to its Art Deco world. With an edgier look and starker themes, this take on Mister X is as groundbreaking today as it was twenty years ago. Collects Mister X Vol. 2 #1–#12, Mister X Special #1, and stories from A1 #2, Comic Book Artist Vol. 2 #6, and ArtReview #27–#28.
MISTER X: CONDEMNED #4 (of 4) Dean Motter (W/A) Scheduled to arrive March 25 Full-Color, 24 pages Miniseries Comic-book and graphic-design legend Dean Motter brings his visionary new take on his classic creation to its shocking conclusion in part four of Mister X: Condemned! A building full of dead architects. A serial killer walking the streets. A metropolis plagued by insomnia, sleepwalking, and madness. In the midst of citywide turmoil, is the unsleeping architect Mister X any closer to solving the problems that haunt Somnopolis? Can all the plans and blueprints he's collected actually save the 'City of Nightmares'? o 'Mister X serves as both futuristic fantasy and social satire and is recommended to all who find graphic novels an exciting literary/visual genre.' -Rock Express Text and illustrations of Gigantic™ © 2009 Rick Remender & Eric Nguyen. Text and illustrations of Mr. X: Condemned © 2009 Dean Motter. Mr. X is a trademark of Vortex Comics Incorporated.
Written by Dean Motter Art and cover by Paul Rivoche The Spirit's on needles and pins! What Ellen Dolan wants, she gets. And today, she wants a tattoo! But little does The Spirit know that Ellen's innocent act of rebellion will get him mixed up in the feud between a grizzled veteran tattooist and his new-wave artiste hipster rival! This one's gonna leave a mark! Features the return of the Mr. X team of Motter and Rivoche! Scheduled to arrive on May 20 32 pages. Full Color.
Jon Geoffries must come to grips with the fact that he is the only one that has the power to destroy a bridge that would connect parallel worlds, allowing the evil Fowler/Preston to rule. Is this reality, or is he just a madman on medication? Lean the truth in this stunning conclusion! [(W) Dean Motter; (A) Dennis Calero]
This volume collects the 3-issue miniseries by Dean Motter. Convinced all his life that he was schizophrenic because of his strange visions of another world, Jon Geoffries learns that he is seeing the Earth's twin, a parallel world in another dimension, and that he is Unique, one of the few people with no doppelganger on the other world...and the power to move between them at will. Now he's a target of ruthless enemies who plan to use the connection between the Earths to control the fates of billions. [Writer: Dean Motter Illustrator / Colorist/ Cover: Dennis Calero]
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