Eddy Current is insane. At least that's what the world deems him to be. The very same world he intends to save. A window of opportunity opens, literally, allowing our hero to escape the asylum he calls home. Bed-check isn't until 6am, giving him 12 hours of freedom to accomplish his hero-given quest. Joined by a massive wall-of-a-woman called Nun, Eddy will live an adventure filled with the depths of humanities darkest crevices, as well as the heights and power of friendship and redemption. A Don Quixote for the 21st century, Eddy Current will stay with you long after you've finished reading. From one of the most critically acclaimed graphic novelists of our time, Ted McKeever, this volume features all 12 issues of Eddy Current, plus unused art, and a slew of extras.
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My favorite work by Ted McKeever...but I'm always looking for more!,
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This review is from: Ted McKeever Library Book 2: Eddy Current (Ted Mckeever Library) (Ted Mckeever Library) (Hardcover)
If you're new to the world of Ted McKeever (but curious) and you're looking for something far off the beaten path, then I strongly recommend Eddy Current. I first read the book when it was originally released as a 12 issue series back in the late 1980's, and its stuck with me ever since. The story of Eddy, an insane young man who has twelve hours to roam the outside world (before the folks at the insane asylum realize he's missing) becomes a journey rife with mythological (and apocalyptic) undertones, culminating in a very satisfying (and sad) wrap up.
Great, thought provoking stuff.Ted McKeever Library Book 2: Eddy Current (Ted Mckeever Library) (Ted Mckeever Library)
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Solid McKeever,
This review is from: Ted McKeever Library Book 2: Eddy Current (Ted Mckeever Library) (Ted Mckeever Library) (Hardcover)
Perhaps Ted McKeever's most wild and entertaining work, the creation of Eddy Current, an escaped lunatic from an asylum who believes he has superhero powers, gives the writer/artist free reign to indulge in the wildest of adventures and push his scratchy drawings to expressionistic lengths.
Eddy's not insane and doesn't know why he is in an asylum, but inspired by the adventures of his comic book hero the Amazing Broccoli, Eddy purchases a Dynamic Fusion power suit from one of the ads in the comic book, hoping to realise his true potential. If only batteries had been supplied, Eddy wouldn't have had to plug himself into the mains, but when the activation of his suit brings the power down in the asylum, Eddy realises he has 12 hours to explore the city of Chad, right wrongs and perhaps find his old girlfriend. Instead he runs into a couple of violent backstreet criminals, is worshipped as the second coming by an unusual nun and, naturally in a Ted McKeever storyline, stumbles upon a fiendish apocalyptic plot to take over control of the city. The artwork is dark and harsh, almost abstract in places, some scenes meaningfully referencing Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but in return Miller seems to have learned something from McKeever's stylish stark black-and-white compositions for his later Sin City work. The expressionism of his artwork and the apocalyptic storylines would find new depth in the coloration of Plastic Forks and in Metropol, full of dysfunctional characters that can also be found in The Extremist and Industrial Gothic, but Eddy Current sees the essential characteristics of McKeever's scripting and artwork in all their raw beauty. Like Transit and Metropol, published alongside this in Image's new Ted McKeever Library, this is a little on the expensive side, but is a fine, hardcover edition, solid and heavy as as a brick, collecting the whole series and a few extra pieces.
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