VIC and Blood The Chronicles of a Boy and His Dog

Ellison, Harlan

ISBN 10: 0312034717 / ISBN 13: 9780312034719

Published by NBM, 1989

About this Item

Special limited edition published in bonded leather. Signed by Harlan Ellison and Richard Corben on edition page. Number 943 out of 1000 copies. Hard cover published by NBM in 1989. Corners of covers and ends of spine have some rubbing. Book is in very good condition. 4to, 1.2 lb.; 4to 11" - 13" tall; Signed by Author & Illustrator.

Seller Inventory # MSE9571

Bibliographic Details

• Title: VIC and Blood The Chronicles of a Boy and His Dog
• Publisher: NBM
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312034717
• ISBN 13: 9780312034719
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Richard Corben
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The acclaimed series of short stories around the adventures of Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, by Harlan Ellison is brought together as one stunning graphic novel by Richard Corben, one of today's leading fantasy artists. This conjugation of talents forms a powerful saga of love, death, and the consequences of both in a devastated society. - After winning a Nebula Award for Best Novella, "A Boy and His Dog" was made into a movie starring Don Johnson and Jason Robards, which itself won a Hugo. - In addition to the graphic novel adaptations of "A Boy and His Dog," "Eggsucker" and "Run, Spot, Run," this volume contains the original short stories by Ellison. - Features never-before-published sketchbook material from Richard Corben, critically-acclaimed artist for Heavy Metal magazine, Hellblazer (DC Comics), and The Incredible Hulk (Marvel Comics). - In a career spanning fifty years, Harlan Ellison has won more awards than any other living fantasist.

Reviews

Noted fantasy and science fiction writer Ellison ( Angry Candy ) and Corben (the Den series) form an ideally matched team in this forceful adaptation of Ellison's novella A Boy and His Dog. Vic and his telepathic dog, Blood, struggle to endure in the aftermath of nuclear war. But when Blood sniffs out Quilla June--a girl who has come disguised as a boy to the womanless nuclear wasteland from an underground world (to which the population has fled from destruction)--Vic discovers love while Blood sees his own survival threatened. Quilla June's haunting question, "Do you know what love is?," envelops the ending in a poignant irony as Vic must choose to save the life of one--Quilla June or Blood--at the expense of the other. As always, Corben's visuals are a dramatic blend of bold linework, light and color. He's as convincing in depicting a violent clash as he is in creating a scene of limpid eroticism.
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