Astro City, Volume 1, issue 1-6, Life in the big city

The Resource Astro City, Volume 1, issue 1-6, Life in the big city
Label
Astro City, Volume 1, issue 1-6, Life in the big city
Title number
Volume 1, issue 1-6
Title part
Life in the big city
Statement of responsibility
Kurt Busiek, writer ; Brent E. Anderson, artist ; Richard Starkings and Comicraft's John Gaushell, lettering and design ; Steve Buccellato and Electric Crayon, color art ; Alex Ross, covers ; Busiek, Anderson and Ross, architects and city planners
Title variation
  • Kurt Busiek's Astro City
  • Life in the big city
Creator
Contributor
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Welcome to Astro City, a shining city on a hill where super heroes patrol the skies. Each chapter in this collection is a standalone story, highlighting different aspects or characters in the Astro City world... The city's leading super hero tries to be everywhere at once, and berates himself for every wasted second as he longs for just a moment of his own. A smalltime hood learns a hero's secret identity, and tries to figure out how to profit from the knowledge. A beat reporter gets some advice from his editor on his first day on the job. A young woman tries to balance the demands of her family with her own hopes and desires. Despite the fantastic settings, the characters in these slice-of-life stories feel like real people, and that gives the stories real power. The opening arc of the Eisner Award-winning series by Kurt Busiek and Brett Anderson is collected here with new cover art by Alex Ross!
Cataloging source
Midwest
Dewey number
741.5
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
Astro City
Series volume
1
Target audience
adult
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