The Art Of Descender

by Dustin Nguyen w/Jeff Lemire

Featuring the art of Dustin Nguyen with Foreword by Jeff Lemire

A giant oversized collection of covers and select artwork, including sketches, preliminary illustrations, and behind the scene materials of the Eisner Award winning series by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen!

This new unfiltered way to experience the gorgeous artwork allows fans to truly get an in depth look into what it took to create the fan favorite series.

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Digital copy

128+ pages, PDF format

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Oversized Hardcover

128+ pages, GIANT 11x14 Hardcover

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Oversized Hardcover SIGNED

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Oversized Hardcover + Signed High-End Art Print BUNDLE

128+ pages, GIANT 11x14 Hardcover plus an 11x17 giclee art print, limited to 50 copies, signed by an...

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These items are only available once you have selected at least one primary Reward listed above.

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Vinyl Sticker Sheets

5x7 vinyl sticker sheets featuring our favorite robots

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Descender Vol 1 Hardcover SIGNED

Get Vol 1 signed by Dustin Nguyen!

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High-End Art Print SIGNED

11x17 giclee art print, limited to 50 copies, signed by and numbered by Dustin Nguyen

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Original Art Page - Descender #20 pg 21

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#The Book

Descender is a science fiction space opera comic book series written by Jeff Lemire and illustrated by Dustin Nguyen. The creator-owned series was published by Image Comics. The story follows a young android, TIM-21, trying to survive endless bounty hunters in a universe that has outlawed all robotics and artificial intelligence.

The series received critical acclaim for Lemire's writing as well as for Nguyen's artwork, with the latter winning an Eisner Award for his artwork on the series. Descender ran for a total of 32 issues, and its sequel series, Ascender, taking place ten years after the events of Descender, ran for another 18 issues.

This campaign features an oversized 11" x 14" 128+ page high-end art book with covers, select artwork from the series, process and preliminary illustrations and behind the scene material from Dustin Nguyen. Plus some amazing extra exclusive items only available here!

Foreword by Jeff Lemire

#Preview

Images are preliminary and are still going through final selections

#Bio

Dustin Nguyen is a New York Times best-selling and multiple Eisner Award-winning American comics creator best known for his work on Image Comics’ Descender, Ascender, DC Comics’ BATMAN: L’IL GOTHAM, Scholastic’s DC Comics: Secret Hero Society and many other things Gotham-related.

#Stretch Goals

$30,000 - Thank You page/pages added to the book with every supporter’s name UNLOCKED!

$40,000 - Free enamel pins randomly inserted into various supporters' packages UNLOCKED!

$50,000 - Signed back issues added to the campaign!

$60,000 - Free digital copy of the book for all physical backers

$70,000 - Increase page count in the book by 4 pages

$80,000 - Virtual meetup with the creators

$90,000 - Spot UV added to cover

$100,000 - Free 9x12 lithograph for all physical backers!

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#Timeline

The finishing touches are being made on the book design, and it will be going to the printer within one month of the end of the campaign. Expected delivery time to our fulfillment center is roughly four months from approve-to-print date, so we're planning on a February or March 2025 fulfillment.

Zoop will keep supporters updated throughout this printing and fulfillment process.

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