Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: The Interconnectedness of All Kings
$42.90
- Paperback
120 pages
- Release Date
1 April 2017
Summary
After writing all the many and conflicting versions of the legendary Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, beloved author Douglas Adams created Dirk Gently- a detective with a belief in the fundamental interconnectedness of all things, a unique relationship with the laws of probability and physics, and a love of cats and pizza.
In his first-ever comic series, Dirk has been forced to leave his beloved England behind, coming to the too-sunny, too-cheery, and altogether too-bizarre-even-for-…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781631405082 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 163140508X |
| Author: | Chris Ryall, Tony Akins, Ilias Kyriazis |
| Publisher: | Idea & Design Works |
| Imprint: | Idea & Design Works |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 120 |
| Release Date: | 1 April 2017 |
| Weight: | 357g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 168mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Dirk Gently |
| Audience Age: | 13-16 |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
LIBRARY JOURNAL – As the quirky “holisticdetective” enshrined in popular Douglas Adams (The Hitchhiker’s Guideto the Galaxy) novels, Dirk Gently takes on multiple crises by pursuingrandom leads with the confidence that the “interconnectedness of allthings” will bring about resolution. Now Dirk has relocated to San Diego,where his crises du jour include reincarnated Egyptians, serial killers,and (as with the first novel) a time traveler with an agenda. The result isgreat fun, largely because of the idiosyncratic personalities. Everyone haspeculiar aspects beyond central casting, from Dirk and his married lesbiansidekicks to the Egyptians, the serial killers, the time traveler, and ahomeless man with a golden cell phone. The art somewhat resembles Rob Guillory’swork for Chew but less grotesque, and Guillory contributed several ofGently’s single issue covers. Adams enthusiasts, however, may feel thatthe plot develops too straightforwardly and that this Dirk bears minor visualresemblance to the original character description.VERDICTNot all aficionados of the novels may find this Dirk caper up to theirexpectations, but others will enjoy Ryall’s goofy mix of alliances, diversecharacters, time-and-space bending, and synergy of all parts at theend.-MC
About The Author
Chris Ryall
Chris Ryall is the Chief Creative Officer at IDW Publishing and the co-creator of Zombies vs Robots with Ashley Wood. Ryall has also co-created and written Groom Lake, The Colonized, The Hollows, and Onyx, and has also written adaptations of stories by Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Richard Matheson. He is also the co-author of a prose book about comics, Comic Books 101, and has written comics based on the Transformers, the band Kiss, Mars Attacks, Weekly World News, and, currently, Hasbro’s Rom. Ryall and ZvR co-creator Ashley Wood were nominated for the 2006 Eisner Award for “Best Short Story.”
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