The creators behind The Unwritten, Mike Carey and Peter Gross, invite you into The Highest House, the story of a slave boy named Moth, who makes friends with a powerful entity called Obsidian that promises advancement and happiness. Clearly, Obsidian has a hidden agenda, but Moth has ambitions and plans of his own...
The creators behind The Unwritten, Mike Carey and Peter Gross, bring their latest masterpiece to a stunning conclusion! A slave boy named Moth has made a pact with a powerful entity called Obsidian that promises advancement and happiness. Clearly, Obsidian has a hidden agenda, but Moth has ambitions and plans of his own. But which one will emerge triumphant?
To be born a slave is in fact not a fatality. And facts can be changed. In the country of Ossaniul, there is a fortress that is as disproportionate as it is inaccessible: the Highest House. Its masters, the noble family of Aldercrest, reign over a veritable army of slaves. At the bottom of the ladder, young Moth performs the most thankless tasks and has little hope of living past childhood. Until the day he meets Obsidian, a mysterious prisoner of the House who whispers to him in his sleep. If Moth does what he asks, Obsidian will give him fortune and glory. And there's every indication that Obsidian can make good on his promises. Will Moth accept the offer? Through a subtle alternate history, The Highest House takes us to a fictional country reminiscent of the Balkan kingdoms of the 16th century. Mike Carey and Peter Gross (Lucifer, The Unwritten) draw from this context a captivating fantasy narrative that reflects on the human soul, the corrupting power of slavery, and the inequalities of class, all from the different perspectives of the House's many inhabitants. Both immediate and timeless, Highest House is a multifaceted fantasy sure to stay with readers long after the final page has turned. From the creators of The Unwritten, twice nominated for a Hugo Award!
Celebrating our 25th anniversary issue with a special bonus story. It's the perfect jumping-on point to the book CBR called Image's most unpredictable horror series. Good afternoon, folks. This is your captain speaking. I'd like to welcome everyone aboard ICM Flight 25. We're currently cruising at an altitude of 33,000 feet, at an airspeed of about 400 miles per hour. The time is 1:25 p.m. The weather looks pretty good, and with the tailwind on our side, we're expecting to violently nosedive into the ground approximately 15 minutes ahead of schedule.
Mind-bending sci-fi collides with Cold War thriller in this six-issue miniseries by the bestselling and Eisner-winning creative team behind Gideon Falls! In 1957, the USSR launched the dog, Laika, into Earth's orbit. Two years later, the USA responded with two monkeys, Able and Baker. These animals never returned. But, unbeknownst to everyone, they did not die in orbitthey were taken. And now they are coming home.
The spaceship piloted by Laika, Able, and Baker approaches Earth...but how and where will they land? Luckily, there is a familiar face hoping to help guide them home.
What Fell Between. Let's take a step back here and find out exactly how Tom and Richie - not to mention the world - got into the mess they're in right now. The tumultuous events of the missing year, complete with ghosts, vampires and a surprise visit from Madame Rausch, are finally revealed... [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
The land of the dead is just a story, but Tom Taylor is going there anyway on a rescue mission that hasn't been tried since Orpheus - provided he can get the door to open in the first place. And provided the worlds of story are still there... A hungry vampire and two misfit lovers gather around the campfire in "Live Like Lazarus." [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
What do Baron Munchausen, a Jane Austen heroine, a homicidal bear and three bad rabbits have in common? They're all either helping or sabotaging Tom Taylor on the next leg of his quest to find Lizzie and bring her back from the land of the dead... [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
In the classical underworld of Hades, Tom takes on harpies, sinister ferrymen and multiheaded dogs. But none of these encounters prepare him for his meeting with the king - or for the responsibilities he has to take on for some very familiar damned souls. [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
As the old stories die, new stories wake and stretch without Leviathan to rein them in. And detective Didge Patterson gets pulled into a messy homicide case that brings together a strange, young boy with a wicked imagination, a pack of zombies and one very hungry vampire journalist. [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
Richie continues to help Didge with her inquiries, and the Corpse Harvest Killer strikes again-against himself! Enter Madame Rausch, with a surefire plan for stopping the rising body count. All that's left to settle now is her price... [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
Orpheus in the Underworld part 1! Still on his quest to bring Lizzie back from the dead, Tom Taylor has made it as far as Hades-but he's left his memories behind in the waters of Lethe. Now he's face-to-face with the king of the underworld, who's got his own sinister agenda and no good reason to offer Tom an Orpheus deal... [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
In part 2 of Orpheus in the Underworld, Tom's quest for Lizzie has hit a major hurdle, in that he no longer remembers who either of them is. But is it possible he's already found her without even realizing it? And who holds the true power in Hades, where masks may hide anything?or nothing? [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
In the conclusion to Orpheus In the Underworld, Tom meets the King of Hell again?and this time it's even more unpleasant than before. The only way out is up, and the only way to get there is through a story. But what if the story says you have to lose? This issue leads directly into the epic fiftieth issue, and the start of The Unwritten Fables! [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
In The Unwritten Fables part 3 of 5, Mister Dark finds an ally-someone who hates Tom Taylor more than he ever could, and knows where to hit him so it hurts the most. But as Mister Dark realizes the opportunity he's been offered, the stakes go from high to terrifying for Tom and the Fables refugees. [(W) Mike Carey, Bill Willingham (A) Peter Gross, Mark Buckingham (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
As The Unwritten Fables continues, it looks like the darkest hour, but somehow things continue to get darker. Nothing stands between Mister Dark and the endless, nested worlds of reality and story - except a witch without a conscience, a prince crippled by grief and three schoolchildren who are starting to realize that they're wearing the wrong faces. [(W) Mike Carey, Bill Willingham (A) Peter Gross, Mark Buckingham (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
The big finale of The Unwritten Fables is here! The survivors of Fabletown have launched their final assault on Castle Dark - and been broken. Their king is dead and their champions defeated. But the battle's not over until the wicked witch says it is, and Frau Totenkinder still has plans for Tom Taylor and Boy Blue. Unfortunately, the cure she has in mind is even worse than the disease... [(W) Mike Carey, Bill Willingham (A) Peter Gross, Mark Buckingham (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
An extra-sized issue celebrating fifty issues of The Unwritten and the start of The Unwritten Fables, a 5-issue storyline that drags Tom Taylor into the heart of a world he never made from the pages of Vertigo's hit series FABLES. The mundane realm of humanity and the fairy-tale homelands have fallen to a terrible foe. In desperation, the witches of Fabletown gather to summon the greatest mage the worlds have ever seen. And are they in for an unpleasant surprise... [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross, Mark Buckingham (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
Boy wizard Tommy Taylor is the main character in a series of fantasy novels by author Wilson Taylor that have become a cultural phenomenon. However, as a result of Tommy's success, the real Tom Taylorthe son Wilson long abandonedis worshiped worldwide as a literary legend made flesh. As Tom's life begins to take on eerie and deadly parallels with Tommy's, he's drawn into a strange literary underworld where the power of storytelling is as strong as any spell. This first book in a series of two compendiums collects THE UNWRITTEN #1-30 plus the original graphic novel THE UNWRITTEN: TOMMY TAYLOR AND THE SHIP THAT SANK TWICE.
Written by MIKE CAREY Art by PETER GROSS and RYAN KELLY Cover by YUKO SHIMIZU "A taut thriller that slyly plays off the real-world mania for imaginary ones." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Spellbinding a fast-paced supernatural horror story engrossing and exciting." - BOING BOING The third volume of the critically acclaimed, New York Times best-selling series, collecting issues #13-18. This volume includes "Dead Man's Knock," featuring the launch of the long-awaited new Tommy Taylor novel. A scheme by the Unwritten cabal to bring its author out of hiding works with dramatic results, leading to a momentous confrontation between Tom and Wilson. Plus, learn the truth behind Lizzie Hexam, Tommy's mysterious benefactor, in an amazing, interactive tale that lets the reader choose the story's path. Scheduled to arrive on MARCH 23 160 pages. Full Color.
Written by MIKE CAREY Art by PETER GROSS Cover by YUKO SHIMIZU This fourth volume in the acclaimed series sends Tommy Taylor into the world of Moby-Dick in a tale from issues #19-24! After the shocking return of Tommy's father, bestselling fantasy author Wilson Taylor, the mysterious Cabal audition a new assassin and Tom seeks out "the source." The source of what? He's not really sure, but it looks like a whale, and apparently it can be found in the Nantucket farmhouse where Moby-Dick was written. What he finds is a path into a whole different ocean, with more trouble (and more whales) than he could possibly imagine.
In this volume collecting The Unwritten #36-41, the War of Words is over, but the real world and the fictional world are both in turmoil, and the damage seems to be spreading. When a rash of mysterious disappearances catches the eye of young Australian detective Didge Patterson, it becomes apparent that the cult known as The Church of Tommy is involved. Can Tom Taylor heal The Wound before the real and fictional worlds crumble? [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross, Rufus Dayglo (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
In these final Unwritten tales from issues #7-12, the three immortals - Wilson, Rausch and Pullman - are moving toward their respective endgames. But when was the last time they were all in the same room together? Answer: half a century ago, in Oxford, England. And the reasons for what they're doing now can be found in what they said to each other back then...
It's the perfect jumping on point, as Tom Taylor is stranded at the beginning of all creation! Lost in the unwritten scenes of all the world's stories, Tom Taylor is headed back to reality - and all the gods and beasts and monsters ever imagined can't stop him. But there's a toll on the road that may be too high for him or anyone to pay [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
In the ruins of a post-literary world, Richie and Lizzie go in search of their lost friend Tom Taylor. But to find him, they'll have to venture into the most dangerous place on Earth: London. [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
Tom discovers just how quickly the world is dissolving into chaos - and why. But where in all this fractured, insane landscape will he find an ally, and what price will he have to pay? The answer lies in the Divadlo Trinka puppet theatre of Prague, and in the old cliché: My enemy's enemy is my friend. [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
War Stories, part 3 of 3. Sometimes the closest thing you can find to a friend is your enemy's enemy. But when Tom tries to enlist the help of Madame Rausch, he discovers that she's already fighting a war of her own. [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
In a dark land ruled by a crippled king, Tom Taylor searches for the one thing that can save the world - but only the pure of heart can even see it. And it probably never existed in the first place. And maybe the whole quest is a trap that's just been waiting for him to arrive... [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
In Sang part three, to find the maanim, Sir Thomas must succeed where all other knights have failed. Which isn't going to be easy when his own identity keeps shifting, and when the story itself seems determined to create a very different hero. [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
The three immortals - Wilson, Rausch and Pullman - are moving toward their respective endgames. But when was the last time they were all in the same room together? Answer: half a century ago, in Oxford, England. And the reasons for what they're doing now can be found in what they said to each other back then... [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
In the first chapter of the final UNWRITTEN story art, Annals of Comparative Literature, Pullman has the maanim, and the end is as nigh as it's ever going to get. But even magic trumpets have rules, and this one has a homing instinct - and there's only one place in all the worlds of fiction where it can do its apocalyptic thing. Which just happens to be the one place Tom is afraid to go...
The end is near, and the final battle is about to be fought - and Tom is back where he never wanted to belong. But if he's going to die tomorrow, then tonight he's got some unfinished business - withthe most derivative boy wizard in all the worlds.
And I awoke, and found me here... Wilson Taylor delivers the apocalypse the only way he knows how: at his son Tom's expense. It's the end of the world as we know it. But there's no need to worry because it's just a story. Isn't it? Don't miss the extra-sized conclusion to the fan-favorite Vertigo series! Final Issue.
This exciting, original graphic novel explores the world of the Tommy Taylor novels in a visceral and direct way and is a great entry point for new readers. Twenty-five years ago Tom's father, Wilson Taylor, devised his subversive literary masterpiece. Now the blueprint of how a father gave his son vast power in order to accomplish a greater scheme is revealed. Partly told through Wilson's own journal entries, juxtaposed with Tommy's swashbuckling deep sea adventures with his trusty companions Peter and Sue, the story is at once a prequel and a parallel story to the ongoing series. [(W) Mike Carey (A) Peter Gross & Various (CA) Yuko Shimizu]
