This was something we knew would happen. DESCENDER by Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen went on sale this week and has sold out already. It's possible you might be able to find a copy at your local comic shop but they are out at the distributor's level. If you didn't listen to us and missed out on the first issue, Image is fast-tracking a second printing so you'll be able to get it before issue #2 goes on sale.
Writer Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth, All-New Hawkeye) and artist Dustin Nguyen (Batman: Li'l Gotham) take the comics scene by storm with the launch of DESCENDER #1—already optioned for film before even hitting the shelves—and collect an outpouring of advance praise. In order to keep up with customer demand, Image Comics is pleased to announce a second printing of DESCENDER #1.
DESCENDER follows one young robot's struggle to stay alive in a universe where all androids have been outlawed and bounty hunters lurk on every planet. A rip-roaring and heart-felt cosmic odyssey that pits humanity against machine, and world against world, to create a sprawling space opera.
DESCENDER #1 remains available for purchase across all digital platforms, including the Image Comics website (imagecomics.com), the official Image Comics iOS app, Comixology’s website (comixology.com), iOS, Android, and Google Play.
DESCENDER #1, 2nd printing (Diamond Code JAN158232), arrives in stores onApril 1.
DESCENDER #2 (Diamond Code FEB150601) will arrive in stores on April 8.
Praise for DESCENDER #1
“Gorgeous.” —Vulture.com
“The best new comic book of 2015.” —Vox.com
“Your new sci-fi obsession is here, and its name is Descender…” —Entertainment Weekly
"Lemire and Nguyen just pulled the curtain back on the medium's new best science fiction heartbreaker." —Matt Kindt
“Descender by Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen is hauntingly beautiful sci-fi that manages to be both epic and powerfully intimate. Masterfully done.” —Jason Aaron
"What a beautiful, beautiful book. Descender is worth buying for the artwork alone, so it's almost a bonus that it tells such a compelling story about the future of humanity in a universe filled with terrors (planet-sized killer robots, for one). I can't wait to see where it goes." —Charles Soule
“I love Jeff Lemire. I love Dustin Nguyen. But believe me when I say Descender #1 is the best I've seen from both. This is a 5 star book!” —Mark Millar
“Bloody hell, Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen's Descender looks fantastic... “ —Declan Shalvey