Tongues (2017-2022 Fantagraphics) comic books
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Issue #1
Published Aug 2018 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Story and art by Anders Nilson. Award-winning indy artist Anders Nilsen (Big Questions, The End, Dogs and Water) is back, with the first issue of his new full-color series Tongues. Set in the modern Middle East, the series follows the entwined stories of an imprisoned god, the eagle that is his jailor, an east African orphan on an errand of murder and a young American with a teddy bear on his back, lost in a trackless wilderness. Revenge, evolution, the fate of the world... and a talking chicken. 9" x 12 1/4", 52 pages, full color. Cover price $15.00.
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Issue #2
Published May 2019 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Story and art by Anders Nilson. The second issue of Tongues draws readers deeper into the enigmatic, interconnected stories of a god imprisoned on a mountainside, an eagle -- his apparent jailor, and a young American wandering into trouble in the wilderness with a teddy bear. We move back in time to watch our young East African protagonist as she experiences violent and peculiar visions of her near future, and meet a handsome, malevolent young swan with dark appetites. 9" x 12 1/4", 52 pages, full color. Cover price $13.00.
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Issue #3
Published Dec 2019 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Story and art by Anders Nilson. Astrid and the Chicken are followed through the desert by the Rings after the ambush site is discovered. Prometheus refuses the overtures of the Swan King. Niko loses patience with Teddy Roosevelt's questions and the stakes are raised for the eagle. The gorgeously illustrated full-color third issue of Nilsen's epic new series is an unfolding adventure in narrative and form alike with multiple inserts and french flaps. 9" x 12 1/4", 52 pages, full color. Cover price $15.00.
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Issue #4
Published May 2021 by Fantagraphics.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Story and art by Anders Nilson. Gods die, centuries pass. Astrid is brought low by the Rings, then descends deeper. The Swan King gets swallowed up in light, Teddy Roosevelt has a bad dream, and the Eagle learns something about human music. Chapter four packs a pretty big punch. 9" x 12 1/4", 52 pages, full color. Cover price $18.00.
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Published Jun 2022 by Fantagraphics.
Story and art by Anders Nilson. Prometheus receives an unexpected visitor with earth-shaking tidings, Astrid meets an enemy underground, Nico and Teddy Roosevelt are ambushed, there's an explosive argument between brothers and someone loses their head. 9" x 12 1/4", 52 pages, full color. Cover price $18.00.
