Name: Celeste
Price: 18.89 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: I. N. J. Culbard
ISBN: 9781906838768

Type

Physical Book

Author

I. N. J. Culbard

Publisher

Selfmadehero

Language

English

Pages

192

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

24.1 x 17.3 x 2.3 cm

Weight

0.75 kg.

ISBN13

9781906838768

Synopsis "Celeste"

In Los Angeles, Ray is sitting in gridlock when he receives a call from an LAPD officer with news about his wife. Fearing the worst, he listens intently--but suddenly the caller and everyone else around him disappears. In London, the moment two commuters catch sight of each other on a packed Monday morning tube train, everyone around them vanishes. In Japan, comic artist Yoshi has come to the Aokigahara Forest to hang himself. But when the attempt fails and he slides free, the forest comes alive with mythological creatures. Taking us through the empty freeways of Los Angeles, the deserted streets of London, and the dream world of the Aokigahara Forest, Celeste is an ambitious and profound graphic novel that explores what it means to be alive.

I. N. J. Culbard

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I. N. J. Culbard (Ian Culbard) is a British cartoonist and artist born in Greenwich, London. He started his career as an animator before fully dedicating himself to comics. He is known for his graphic adaptations of literary classics, such as the Sherlock Holmes novels (with Ian Edginton) and several works by H. P. Lovecraft, including At the Mountains of Madness, for which he won the British Fantasy Award in 2011.

He has also developed original comics like Celeste (SelfMadeHero), Brass Sun, and Brink (both with Dan Abnett), and The New Deadwardians (Vertigo). His visual style is clean, elegant, and narratively clear, with influences from both European comics and manga.

In You Look Like Death: Tales from The Umbrella Academy, Culbard handled the art and color. The series, written by Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, is a spin-off focused on Klaus Hargreeves. Culbard depicts a decadent and surreal Hollywood with a vibrant aesthetic, blending the supernatural with the urban.

His work stands out for its ability to balance narrative clarity with dense atmospheres, making him a key figure in contemporary British comics. He has worked with publishers like Dark Horse, BOOM! Studios, 2000 AD, and Vertigo.

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