Malinky Robot - Softcover

Liew, Sonny

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1607064065 ISBN 13: 9781607064060

Publisher: Image Comics, 2011

Synopsis

Street urchins Atari and Oliver are out to steal bicycles, watch Giant Robot movies and spend some Large Denominational Bills!

MALINKY ROBOT collects five stories by Eisner-nominated artist Sonny Liew (My Faith in Frankie, Wonderland, Sense and Sensibility) set in a near-future city of San'ya.

A recipient of the Xeric Award and Best Science Fiction Album award at the Utopiales International SF Festival, and featured in the acclaimed Flight anthologies, MALINKY ROBOT blends dystopic sci-fi and indie sensibilities into a uniquely charming, oddball world.

PLUS! Pinups by Mike Allred, Roger Langridge, Skottie Young, and more!

About this title

About the Author:

Sonny Liew is a Eisner-nominated comic artist, illustrator and painter whose work include titles for DC Vertigo, Marvel, SLG and Disney, along with Malinky Robot, which has been a Xeric Award recipient and winner of the Le Prix Du Meilleur Album de SF (Best SF Album) award at the Utopiales SF Festival.

He studied philosophy at Clare College, Cambridge, before realizing that he'd much rather be drawing and erasing, heading off to the Rhode Island School of Design.

Sonny also edits the Southeast Asian Comics Anthology "Liquid City", and was a recipient of the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award in 2010.

He was born in Malaysia and lives in Singapore, where he sleeps with the fishes.

Review:

"A book so full of wonders and treasures it feels like you should need a pirate's map to find it. A stunningly gorgeous mix of urban fantasy and charming adventure." --Gail Simone (Birds of Prey, Secret Six, Deadpool, Wonder Woman)

"Brilliantly mixing influences... a pure moment of happiness. With drawings full of nuances and subtleties, this collection sets the foundations of an engaging world whilst daring to experiment with formal elements." --Canal BD (France)

"Sonny's art in Malinky Robot is so full of life that, if you stare at a page long enough, the characters might just walk right out of the book." --Skottie Young (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Marvelous Land of Oz)

"Malinky Robot is the real deal, the kind of book that should go not just on the must-buy list, but on the must-buy-for-friends list...a story of gentle tragedy, a near-future sci-fi comic with heart... The design is brilliant, and the storytelling is resonant in all the best ways." - Wendy Holler, Newsarama

"Malinky Robot... creates a rhythm that is more akin to poetry than a novel...[A] thing of beauty... an excellent example of what gives comics relevance as a one-of-a -kind artform." --Eric Whitman, The Daily Blam

About this edition

• Publisher: Image Comics
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1607064065
• ISBN 13: 9781607064060
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128