Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen [Hardcover]

John Layman (Author), Tom Peyer (Author), Jim Massey (Author), Stephen Colbert (Author), Robbi Rodriguez (Author), Scott Chantler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 12, 2009

Bursting out from the hit Comedy Central show, The Colbert Report - it's Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen! In this stunning continuation of Stephen Colbert's critically acclaimed, yet unpublished prose novel, everyone's favorite sci-fi hero must stand against the enemies of freedom no matter what dark planet they crawl from! This deluxe hardcover collects all ten Tek Jansen comic stories, including the Harvey Award-nominated "Invasion of the Optiklons" and "Horn Like Me"!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Originally concocted as a spoof of celebrity-penned sci-fi novels with long and dauntingly punctuated titles, this Tek Jansen actually delivers all the stuff you'd want in a comic, everything from over-the-top villains to heroes who might inadvertently have instigated a war that spans the universe.

A fistful of justice never tasted this sweet." --E! Online

"If I had to describe this comic book in one word, it would be.... Lincolnish. (Lincoln was into sci-fi and comics, right? What? No? Oh.) OK, make that one word: Megamerican.

Were I allowed three real words instead of one truthy word, then those three words would be 'pretty damn funny.' " --EyeOnComics.com

Product Details

• Hardcover: 136 pages
• Publisher: Oni Press (August 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934964166
• ISBN-13: 978-1934964163
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #670,311 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Seduced by Lady Nocturne, October 6, 2009

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J. M. Forrette (NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen (Hardcover)

Like Stephen Colbert himself, I'm now more a fan of Stephen Colbert than of reading. However, I consider the man a comedic genius, and know that any printed word from Colbert and his team is capable of making anyone tolerate reading once again. I know he has innumerable devoted fans, and I'm sure many of them, like me, wouldn't pass up a chance to fatten his wallet by purchasing his wares--if only his fictional ones were for sale as well... Regardless, his animated series of a justice-loving, alien-seducing, space hero of the future is just as funny, exciting, and sensual on the screen as it is on the page. Tek Jansen is a more-than-worthy addition to the world of comic book heroism/debauchery. Do the literary world a favor and buy this comic. Let's make this series more popular than the collective works of William Shakespeare--after all, the era of pantaloon-clad buffoons has come to an end; this is the era of the space jumpsuit-wearing Tek Jansen!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing and fun!, September 10, 2009

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Dennis F. Murphy (WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen (Hardcover)

This comic is a fun read and the story is interesting. You can tell that the writers of the awesome Colbert Report wrote this fantastic graphic novel ! :D

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tek-tastic!, September 9, 2009

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Marie Coffey "Ren" (Hedgesville, WV United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stephen Colbert's Tek Jansen (Hardcover)

Tek Jansen isn't known very well, even for some Stephen Colbert fans, and it shouldn't be that way! This series is hilarious and inventive and everything a real Colbert fan needs in a graphic novel. Read it over and over; it never stops being funny!