About this item
This new, fully colored edition brings the historical action within the pages of AGE OF BRONZE to new, greater levels.Daring heroes, breathtaking women, betrayals, love and death--the most spectacular war story ever told: The Trojan War. When a lustful Trojan prince abducts the beautiful Queen Helen of Sparta, Helen`s husband vows to recover her no matter the cost. So begins the Trojan War. From far and wide the ancient kings of Greece bring their ships to join the massive force to pledge their allegiance to High King Agamemnon. Featuring the greatest of the Greek heroes: Achilles, Odysseus, and Herakles, along with a cast of thousands. AGE OF BRONZE: A THOUSAND SHIPS reveals hidden secrets of the characters` pasts, serving up joy and sorrow, leading up to the brink of war, and foreshadowing the terror to come. Age of Bronze will be included in a major international exhibition travelling to three German museums in 2002. The exhibit is centered on the current excavations at Troy and features Age of Bronze in an exhibit devoted to modern interpretations of Troy. Age of Bronze has been nominated for numerous Eisner (The comic industry's Oscar) Awards. Rack it in your mythology and historical fiction sections for even more sales success.
About the Author
Eric Shanower is the Eisner Award-winning and New York Times best selling cartoonist of Age of Bronze (Image Comics) , a graphic novel retelling of the Trojan War. Age of Bronze is a work in progress. Four volumes have been published and the story is more than one-third complete. When finished, Age of Bronze will tell the entire story of the legendary war at Troy, weaving into one the many tellings and permutations of the story throughout the centuries.As a child, Shanower fell in love with the Oz books by L. Frank Baum and their illustrations by John R. Neill. Shanower decided to write and illustrate his own Oz books someday. Goal accomplished. Shanower's long list of contributions to the world of L. Frank Baum's Oz includes Marvel Comics' Eisner Award-winning, New York Times best selling adaptations of Baum's Oz books with cartoonist Skottie Young.Shanower is the writer of the comic series Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland (IDW) with art by Gabriel Rodriguez. This series resurrects Winsor McCay's classic comic strip Little Nemo in Slumberland for a modern audience. Shanower's illustrations have appeared in magazines, in childrens books, on stage, and on television. His comics have been published around the world and include such works as his Oz graphic novel series (currently collected as Adventures in Oz from IDW) , An Accidental Death (Fantagraphics) with writer Ed Brubaker, The Elsewhere Prince (Marvel) with writers Moebius and R-JM Lofficier, and the introductions to Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor (Dark Horse Comics) . He resides in Portland, Oregon, with his partner. When he's not writing or drawing, he's often swimming, dancing, or reading, usually not all at the same time.
