Cryptozoic Man is a four-issue comic book limited series by Bryan Johnson and Walt Flanagan . [1] [2] Flanagan describes the series as “creepiest cosmic spookshow ever witnessed!” [3]
Publication history
The concept debuted on the AMC Comic Book series Men in which Johnson and Flanagan star. The other co-stars of Comic Book Men are also involved in the development of Cryptozoic Man .
Plot
Alan Ostman, a middle-aged husband / father, sees his life quickly when his daughter goes missing a camping trip in the Pacific Northwest … Bigfoot country. After Gray aliens abduct him from a roadside bar, he learns that the fate of the world is dependent on trapping the world’s most legendary cryptids. [4]
The comic centers on a character who is an amalgamation of a human being and legendary creatures like Bigfoot , the Loch Ness Monster and the Jersey Devil . [2]
Collected editions
The series has been collected into a trade paperback :
- Cryptozoic Man (collected issues # 1-4, 112 pages, Dynamite Entertainment, October 2014, ISBN 978-1606905265 )
References
- Jump up^ Cryptozoic Man at theGrand Comics Database
- ^ Jump up to:Sunu a b , Steve (December 30, 2013). “Flanagan & Johnson Amalgamate Dynamite’s” Cryptozoic Man ” ” . Comic Book Resources . Retrieved September 3, 2015 .
- Jump up^ “Comic Book Men’s Walt Flanagan On Cryptozoic Man” . Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News . 2013-11-25 . Retrieved 2017-05-11 .
- Jump up^ “Dynamite® Cryptozoic Man # 1 (Of 4)” . dynamite.com . Retrieved 2017-05-11 .