The Keeper

The Keeper
Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, Marco Finnegan
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Hardback
h241 x 165mm - 176pg
27 Oct 2022 US
International import eta 7-19 days
9781419751554
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A young Black girl finds herself trapped between desperation and her family' s dark history in this horror graphic novelAisha has suffered a devastating loss. Her parents were killed in a car crash and now she must move to decrepit and derelict Detroit to live with her ailing grandmother. However, shortly after moving in, Aisha' s grandmother' s health rapidly deteriorates. With her dying breath, she summons the dark spirit that has protected their family for generations to watch over Aisha. At first it seems that this spirit, whom Aisha refers to as the Keeper, is truly doing as her grandmother asked, caring for Aisha and keeping her safe; however, it soon becomes clear that this being can only sustain itself by stealing life from others. As the Keeper begins to prey on the apartment building' s other residents, Aisha and her friends must come together to destroy it or die trying. Written by masters of horror Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes and illustrated by Marco Finnegan, The Keeper reflects on the horror Black Americans face every day, while still staying true to the genre.
"The Keeper is the best of what classic modern horror can be. Deep character development that draws you in and makes you care, coupled with frights that live with you long after you' ve completed reading. I love this book!"-- "Rodney Barnes, author of Killadelphia" "The Keeper is as hypnotic as it is wonderful. A deliberately paced story about a young girl' s loss, like the best horror, it' s both intimately moving while being unnerving . . . "-- "Pornsak Pichetshote, author of The Good Asian and Infidel" "The Keeper broke my heart and may be the best graphic novel of 2022. "-- "Adam McGovern, author of Nightworld" "The Keeper is an imaginative, terrifying tale of generational trauma in a Black family that is crafted with expert technique and told with real heart. "-- "Jordan Peele, Oscar and Bram Stoker Award-winning writer and director of Get Out and Us" "The Keeper is full of horror and heart. Barnes, Due, and Finnegan are masters of the creepy, and I was just as moved by all the kindness and love I found inside. A wonderful piece of work. "-- "Victor LaValle, author of Destroyer, The Ballad of Black Tom, and The Changeling" "A heart-wrenchingly compassionate confrontation with the realities of grief, tragedy, family secrets, and the courage it takes to survive a world waiting to swallow you whole. Aisha is a glorious vision of the complexity of Black girlhood: our tenderness and vulnerability as much as our strength. Fans of Candyman and The Girl With All the Gifts won' t be able to get enough of The Keeper. "-- "Lea Anderson, horror scholar and critic for Fangoria" "A masterful stroke of horror from Due, Barnes, and Finnegan, The Keeper is the kind of graphic novel that slithers into your subconscious and refuses to leave. Haunting, beautifully illustrated, and well-paced, The Keeper is, in fact, a keeper. "-- "Alex Segura, acclaimed author of Secret Identity" "As moving as it is eerie, the story that unfolds in The Keeper is perfect for comics. Finnegan' s art gets under your skin in the best possible way. "-- "Qiana J. Whitted, Eisner Award-winning comics scholar"
Tananarive Due (tah-nah-nah-REEVE doo) is an award-winning author who teaches Black horror and Afrofuturism at UCLA. She is an executive producer on Shudder' s groundbreaking documentary Horror Noire: A History of Black Horror. A leading voice in Black speculative fiction for more than 20 years, Due has won an American Book Award, an NAACP Image Award, and a British Fantasy Award, and her writing has been included in multiple best-of-the-year anthologies. Her books include Ghost Summer: Stories, My Soul to Keep, and The Good House. She and her late mother, civil rights activist Patricia Stephens Due, coauthored Freedom in the Family: A Mother-Daughter Memoir of the Fight for Civil Rights. Due is married to author Steven Barnes, with whom she collaborates on screenplays. They live in Los Angeles with their son Jason and two cats. Steven Barnes is a New York Times bestselling, NAACP Image Award-winning author of more than 30 novels. Nominated for Nebula and Hugo awards, writer of the Emmy Award-winning "A Stitch In Time" episode of The Outer Limits and winner of the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Award, he is a pioneering Afrofuturist and one of the most honored voices in the field. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife, British Fantasy Award-winning novelist Tananarive Due. Barnes has taught or lectured at UCLA, USC, University of Washington (Seattle), Mensa, Pasadena JPL, the Smithsonian Museum, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill), and many other institutions. His most recent publication is Twelve Days (Tor, 2017). Marco Finnegan is a storyboard and comic book artist known for his work with 12-Gauge, Vault, Boom, Image Comics, and Lerner Books. He graduated with a bachelor of arts in art from California State University, Fullerton, and teaches graphic novel and art classes for high school students. He lives in Southern California with his wife and four children.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781419751554
Published: 27 Oct 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Abrams ComicArts
Publisher: Abrams
Format: Hardback
Height: 241mm
Width: 165mm
Pages: 176

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