Afterlife (comic)

Afterlife (comic)

Infobox Asian comic series
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author = Stormcrow Hayes
illustrator = Rob Steen
publisher = flagicon|United States Tokyopop
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"Afterlife" is an OEL manga published by Tokyopop and created by Stormcrow Hayes (writer) and Rob Steen (illustrator).

Synopsis

The three volume series gives an interestly dark alternate view of where everyone goes when they die. It's a bleak, bland seemingly pointless place protected by Guardians who fend off demons.

Characters

* Thaddeus Alexandros: A philosopher struggling to find meaning in a meaningless world, Thaddeus refuses to think about his former life, instead focusing on his duties as a Guardian. However, even his duties are called into question, and he's forced to choose between duty and his yearning for answers.
* Mercutio: If Thaddeus is philosophical about the world in which they exist, Mercutio is the opposite, a pragmatist. His only concern is to find his lost love, Arrabella. But there is a dark secret in her past that he has yet to learn.
* Nyoko: Having died young, robbed of her full lifetime, she is willing to do anything to escape the nightmarish existence of the afterlife. She finds hope in Thaddeus' journal and insists they work together to find the mythical, long-rumored and possibly non-existent gateway to another world.

Accolades

IGN.com listed the book as one of the top 10 manga of 2006.

The book won a YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) award.

Trivia

The series also includes interesting historical cameos including the infamous and the obscure with an index of who's who in the back of the book. Cameos include: L. Ron Hubbard, David Koresh, Jim Jones, Mother Teresa, Fred Rogers, Adolf Hitler, August Strindberg, Ching Shih, Joseph Merrick, Florence Nightingale, Allen Ginsberg, and more.

External links

* [http://www.entertheafterlife.com Official Afterlife website]
* [http://myspace.com/afterlifethebook Afterlife's Myspace page]
* [http://stormcrowhayes.com/ Author Stormcrow Hayes]
* [http://www.robsteen.com/ Illustrator Rob Steen]


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