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Super Spy by Matt Kindt
From New York Times bestselling and Harvey award-winning graphic novelist Matt Kindt comes this deluxe hardcover edition of the meta-spy thriller exploring the geography of espionage through interconnected short stories that can be read sequentially and out-of-order. SUPER SPY is Pulp Fiction meets James Bond - fifty-two interwoven short stories about cyanide, pen-guns, heartbreak, and betrayal. Each story follows the life of a spy during World War II. Spanning the globe from Spain to France and Germany, this book takes the reader on a tour of the everyday life of the spy. From the small lies and deceptions to the larger secrets that everyone hides, SUPER SPY reveals the nature of espionage and how an individual can be lost and also find redemption. A children's book is something more than it seems... a woman swims the English Channel to deliver a deadly secret... a German spy desperately seeks escape for herself and her daughter... and a spy continues to serve his country even beyond death. This deluxe edition also collects Super Spy: The Lost Dossiers: a 'secret spy activity book for grown-ups' including comics, toys, codes, sketches, diagrams, annotations to the original Super Spy, deleted scenes, standalone spy stories, sketchbook pages, 3-D comics, spy gadget diagrams, keys to unlock secret codes hidden throughout the original book, toys and stories for you to cut out and assemble! PLUS: illustrations, photos, and commentary from Matt explaining the real-world spy origins of his stories and techniques and also featuring a brand new cover illustrated by Matt Kindt. Collects Super Spy Volume 1 and Super Spy: The Lost Dossiers.
Matt Kindt was born in 1973 in St. Louis and currently resides in Webster Groves, Missouri. He worked in the local mini-comics scene from a young age, self-publishing his own copyshop zines since 1990. In 1995 he obtained a degree in art from Webster University in St. Louis. In 2001, Top Shelf Productions published his first full graphic novel, Pistolwhip. The book was critically well-received, nominated for the prestigious Harvey Award the next year and featured in Time Magazine's Top 10 list for Graphic Novels of 2001. He has written and illustrated the comics and graphic novels Mind MGMT, Revolver, 3 Story, Super Spy, and 2 Sisters, as well as Justice League of America (DC), Spider-Man (Marvel), and Unity (Valiant). He has been nominated for 4 Eisner and 6 Harvey Awards. His work has been published in French, Spanish, Italian, German and Korean. The author lives in Webster Groves, Missouri.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781506733111 |
| ISBN 10 | 1506733115 |
| Title | Super Spy |
| Author | Matt Kindt |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Dark Horse Comics,U.S. |
| Year published | 2023-01-10 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |