Synopsis
In the shadow of World War I, a thrilling new world rises—a gilded world of miraculous technology, frightening threats, and brave new heroes. Discover this award-winning alternate-history graphic novel trilogy, now collected in a single volume!
The early 20th century is a time of great societal upheaval, technological advancement, and intense political struggle. Some of the most brilliant and horrible minds of the age—wealthy industrialists, amazing inventors, and violent anarchists—collide to create a war between the wars.
This is the backdrop for the award-winning alternate-history saga known as The Jekyll Island Chronicles.
At the turn of the century, one-sixth of the world’s wealth vacationed in and around the tiny Georgia island of Jekyll. Captains of industry like Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Morgan, and Carnegie all called the Jekyll area home. The Jekyll Island Chronicles uses this place of grandeur and elegance as a pivotal location in the struggle to preserve the peace fostered by the end of the Great War.
But an international cabal of anarchists, known internationally as Zeno and led by the infamous Luigi Galleani, seeks to disrupt the new order. Working across the globe, Zeno uses startlingly advanced technologies to seed unrest, taking lives in an effort to force the world back into another bloody conflict.
Supported by the wealth of Jekyll and the most innovative minds of the early 1900s, a newly formed band of heroes—all wounded veterans of the Great War—stand against the forces of chaos. As rivals race to unlock the secret of Nikola Tesla’s death ray, cities burn, electricity crackles, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
Blending bizarre and often forgotten historical fact with heavy doses of alternate history and adventure, The Jekyll Island Chronicles is a captivating graphic novel trilogy for young and old. As classic comic book action comes to life with retro high-tech imagination and the aesthetics of the art deco era, the series vividly captures the period following World War I, injecting real villains, historic characters, original heroes, and exotic locales into an unforgettable narrative. This massive volume collects the entire epic struggle, taking the reader all across the globe and presenting a cavalcade of historic characters, real villains, and original heroes who fight to preserve the peace—from eye-popping beginning to jaw-dropping end.
Collecting The Jekyll Island Chronicles, Book 1: A Machine Age War, Book 2: A Devil’s Reach, and Book 3: A Last Call.
About the Author
Steve Nedvidek (creator, co-writer, and layouts) has worked in film, TV, and radio as well as onstage, receiving his master’s degree in the theater from Wake Forest University, where he now is an adjunct instructor. He is retired from his corporate job of 30 years, working in the areas of communications, marketing, and teaching innovation and design thinking. He is a published cartoonist, avid model maker for feature films, and writer/actor/content creator residing in the Atlanta suburbs with his wife. They have three children and now are proud grandparents!
Ed Crowell (creator, co-writer) is a whitewater, science fiction, history, and mystery enthusiast as well as a scuba diver and watch collector. He holds advanced degrees in political science and international affairs and has long been involved in politics and other theater. Crowell has dozens of published articles and fiction pieces to his credit. In his career he has been a corporate CEO and board member at billion-dollar companies. He and his wife, Cynthia, love to travel and have explored six of the seven continents as well as the Arctic. They have two grown children who, along with their spouses, often share in those adventures.
Jack Lowe (creator, co-writer) is a student of filmmaking and themed entertainment. A passionate storyteller with a bent toward immersive, multisensory experiences, he designed events for a large, international company in Georgia. He and his wife live near the town square of Marietta, Georgia.
Prentis Rollins (artist, letterer) is a veteran of the American comics industry, having contributed pencils and/or inks to Hardware, DC: One Million, JLA: Incarnations, Batman: The Ultimate Evil, Green Lantern: Rebirth, Green Lantern Corps, New X-Men, The Power Company, Impulse and many other titles. He is the author of The Furnace (A Graphic Novel), Survival Machine (Stories), How to Draw Sci-fi Utopias and Dystopias, How to Draw Sci-fi Heroes and Villains, The Making of a Graphic Novel, and Forgetting to Remember (A Graphic Novel) (forthcoming, 2025). He lives with his family in London. You can follow Prentis on Instagram at @prentisrollins, or his website prentisrollinsart.com or on instagram.com/prentisrollins.
Moses Nester (artist, letterer) is a graduate of SCAD and was in the original class of students that was recruited to work on the JIC sponsored-class project.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
