World Famous Comics: Xenozoic Tales Volume 1 After The End (Xenozoic Tales)
Xenozoic Tales Volume 1 After The End (Xenozoic Tales)
By: Various Publisher: Dark Horse Average Rating: Binding: Paperback Label: Dark Horse Number of Items: 1 Number of Pages: 128 Publication Date: May 14, 2003
Product Description: Collecting award-winning cartoonist Mark Schultz's decade-long run of Xenozoic Tales in its entirety, Dark Horse Comics is proud to present this first volume of a two-volume set. Schultz's vision of the future includes ruined cities, guano-powered Cadillacs, warring factions of humanity, reborn dinosaurs, and their intelligent, humanoid descendants. The tough-as-nails shaman, Jack Tenrec, and the beautiful scientist, Hannah Dundee, yearn to uncover the origins and secrets of their violent world while dealing with their own rocky relationship. Xenozoic Tales became a major network cartoon as Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, and the storytelling talents of Mark Schultz earned him three Harvey Awards as Best Cartoonist. In an age where mechanics are prized rarities and dinosaurs stalk bipedal prey, where all past ages mix with a weird, wild future, mankind's petty political squabbles and mistakes take a back seat to the untamable forces of nature. Once you let the profound creativity of Xenozoic Tales sink its teeth in you, you'll be screaming for more! Also includes a new cover and additional sketchbook material by Schultz.
Cadillacs, Dinosaurs, and Beautiful Women The time is the future. The Earth has been wracked by a cataclysm that has resulted in the Xenozoic Age. This is a land where humans are a minority, the seas have risen, and dinosaurs walk the land again.
The City in the Sea is home to one group of humans. Among them is Jack Tenrec, a mechanic bent on protecting the Earth and preventing another cataclysm.
The stories begin when a representative of the Warhoon arrives and becomes fascinated with Jack. They have a number of adventures and we learn more of the strange world of the Xenozoic Age.
Beautiful black and white illustrations illuminate the fascinating tales in this volume. A great read for any fans of dinosaurs and classic cars.
Oh, finally... Praise the lord! Finally, someone has collected and rereleased Mark Shultz's wonderful pulp series! When it was originally published by the now defunct Kitchen Sink Comics in the mid-1980's, Shultz's retro-art and story telling was remarkable in its homage to the pulp comics of the 1950's and 1960's. Released quarterly, and then annually, the series tells the story of a 'world gone mad' after a mysterious apocalypse. 500 years later, the story pick up with a new generation of humans thrust into a foreign world where dinosaurs rule, and homo sapien is no longer the top of the food chain.
Some people may recognize the characters of Hannah Dundee and Jack Tenrec from the short-lived animated series ("Cadillacs and Dinosaurs") that ran during the 1993 season. Also released around the same time was the Cadillacs and Dinosaurs video game. I found the comics series after being exposed through the animated series and was surprised at the depth and quality. I am delighted that Dark Horse obtained the rights to the series and has republished it in its entirety.
My only dissapointments are that the three three-issue limited series released by Topps' comic division in the mid-1990's aren't included, and that Mr. Shultz has opted not to continue such an original and amazing series.
The Wait Is Over!!!!! Imagine a terrible cataclysm that destroyed civilization as we know it; Humanity has been all but eradicated, the few survivors driven underground. They emerge hundreds of years later to find a brave new world awaits them, a new age...The Xenozoic Age, where man must co-exist with Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and creatures that have never been seen before, such as the mysterious Grith, humanoid lizard-people who have existed unseen since before man evolved from the Apes. The gorgeous Hannah Dundee arrives at the City By The Sea as an ambassador of her people, The Wasoon, and is soon partnered up with Jack "Cadillac" Tenrec, a Shaman/auto mechanic, who alternates between trying to repair salvaged technology from before the cataclysm and teaching his fellow man to respect the delicate balance between Humanity and nature. With Jack as her guide, Hannah begins to learn about The City By The Sea and it's inhabitants, but Hannah has a hidden agenda, and it seems like The Grith may have some plans of their own for the lovely Ambassador....
Xenozoic Tales Volume One: After The End reprints issues 1-6 of Mark Schultz' mid-eighties classic Xenozioc Tales, along with a seldom-seen Xenozoic story from Death Rattle #8, an introduction by Paleontologist Philip J. Currie, a sketch gallery, and a brand-new cover. Schultz' art is beautifully detailed without ever being cluttered; It's very reminiscent of Al Williamson and other classic EC Comics artists, and that's just about the highest compliment I can give. It's also fun to see Schultz' artistic style evolve over the course of the book- He just keeps getting better and better. Highly recommended to anyone who loves a well-told story, or just plain likes Dinosaurs. And who doesn't like Dinoasurs....?
Back in print like the classics they are It took a little while but Mark Schultz has hooked up with Dark Horse Comics to re-release his collection of Xenozoic Tales stories, previously published under the former comic company Kitchen Sink (a victim of the lousy distributer wars back in the mid-nineties).It makes sense that these gorgeous and engaging stories would see print again. Sporting new cover art that tells of the obvious maturity of Mark Schultz' new artistic sensibilities rounding out a beautiful package and a very affordable opportunity for people to see what they missed the first time around. The readers will watch the stories and the art change from one story to the next as Mark hones his skills which were very good to begin with. The Xenozoic age is a time after a great cataclysm drove all the humans from the surface of the Earth to hide in the very bowels of the transforming world in order to survive the trauma that was rewriting the history of Earth. Upon stepping back on to the surface of their world several hundred years later the humans discover that all the ages of the natural history of the world had merged into one. An age of dinosaurs, mammoths and men where survival was once again difficult but not impossible. In this age there are men like Jack Tenric and women like Hannah Dundee. Two sides of the same coin. Jack is a shaman who believes in the rules of the earth, the Machina Vitae. This rule dictates a balance with nature is the only way to live. No exploitation of resources and an understanding that humans must respect their world or risk another devestating global cataclysm. Dundee is a scientist and has political ties to a village, Wasoon, and her people send her act as embassador to the City by the Sea, the home of Jack Tenric's tribe. Hannah and Jack are a most unlikely pair but eventually they start to work together to forge a better future for their people and their world.These tales are a wonderful mix of high adventure and political intrigue with healthy doses of science fiction, mystery and horror elements woven into the stories. Good character driven plots keep the pace crisp and the art is among the best the comic and illustration genres have to offer, and Mark Schultz provides it all. Dinosaurs and Cadillacs are featured side by side in this wonderfully vital world of poachers, politicians and struggling pioneers.There is a second volume due out next month. Get them both and see why these stories had to come back into print.
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