- Arrowsmith (comics)
"Arrowsmith" is a
fantasy comic book bywriter Kurt Busiek andpenciller Carlos Pacheco , published byWildstorm 's Cliffhangerimprint . It first premiered as a six-issueminiseries in 2003.Plot
The series is set in an
alternate history Earth in which the United States is actually the United States of Columbia, magic is real, and theFirst World War is fought with and bydragons , spells,vampires and all other kinds of magical weapons and beings.The story follows the protagonist, Fletcher Arrowsmith, as he joins the war effort on the side of the Allies, gets taught the rudiments of sorcery and engages in some brutal battles with the enemy
Prussia ns.Publication history
The original
limited series ran for six issues in 2003 and was collected in the trade paperback "Arrowsmith, Book 1: So Smart in Their Fine Uniforms" (ISBN 1-4012-0299-3) in 2004.In 2006 Busiek stated that he and Pacheco hope to produce more "Arrowsmith" projects. [ [http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=005038 Contino, Jennifer M.; "Superman's Kurt Busiek: Writer of "Steel"; comicon.com
April 24 ,2006 .] ] Busiek and Pacheco are working on "Arrowsmith: Far From the Fields We Know", an illustrated prose novel that focuses on Fletcher Arrowsmith in a Prussian prison on a secret mission for the Allies. [Biggers, Cliff ; "Comic Shop News " #1082 (March 2008); Page 3.]References
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