Comic Book Pick :: Child Thief
Child Thief
By Brom
Through the eyes of Brom. This is not your Disney Peter Pan. Peter Pan is quick, daring, and full of mischiefâ”and like all boys, he loves to play, though his games often end in blood. His eyes are sparkling gold, and when he graces you with his smile you are his friend for life. He appears to lonely, lost childrenâ”the broken, hopeless, and sexually abusedâ”promising to take them to a secret place of great adventure, where magic is alive, and you never grow old. But his promised land is not Neverland.
Award-winning artist Brom takes us on a haunting look at the true world of Peter Pan in this, his first full-length novel! From modern day New York to the dying land of Faerie, The Child Thief reveals the world of Peter Pan through the eyes of an insecure runaway who is seduced by Peter’s charm. But any dreams of a fairy wonderland are quickly replaced by the reality of life and death survival as Peter’s recruits are forced into a lethal battle in which the line between good and evil is blurred.
With this haunting, provocative, relentlessly thrilling reconsideration of a timeless children’s classic, the acclaimed artist Brom dramatically displays another side of his extraordinary talent. Exploring the stygian blackness that gathers at the root of the beloved Peter Pan legend, he carries readers into a faerieland at once magically wondrous and deeply disturbing.
Fourteen-year-old Nick would be lying dead in a Brooklyn parkâ”murdered by drug dealers â”had Peter not sprung out of the trees to save him. Now the irresistibly charismatic wild boy wants Nick to follow him into a strange and unsettling mist swirling around the bay. Even though he is wary of Peter’s crazy talk of faeries and monsters, Nick agrees. After all, nowhere in New York City is safe for him now. And what more can he possibly lose?
There is always more to lose.
Comic Book Specifics
Hardcover
484 pages
Text (with B&W and full color Chapter Illustrations).
Features an 8-page color insert and b&w illustrations throughout.
Price : $ 20.99