From the sparking-mad mind of Warren Ellis the creator of TRANSMETROPOLITAN & PLANETARY comes an electrical romance of a pirate utopia thwarted! In the London of 1830 newly-minted copper Charlie Gravel keeps seeing things he&s not supposed to a crooked Bow Street Runner with a flintlock revolver high-flying vessels that are not supposed to fly & the violent Scientific Phantasmagoria popularly known as Spring-Heeled Jack With the coming of Captain Swing & his Electrical Pirates history shall never be the same! This crackling new graphic novel is illustrated by Raulo Caceres in a stunning woodcut style capturing the classic literary feel from days of yore Meet the Author Warren Ellis is the award-winning British author of comic books novels & television most often recognized for his sociocultural commentary & ground-breaking work in the genre of science fiction He maintains a consistent online presence which
Includes:: the weekly delivery of the FREAKANGELS web comic to millions of fans Ellis has published over 25 different creator-owned projects through Avatar Press (including BLACK SUMMER IGNITION CITY & GRAVEL the last of which is in development as a film through Legendary Pictures) with many more planned