Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure

“BETTER ANGELS is an incredibly immersive read. It deftly combines wonderful character work with really playful and inventive storytelling to create a rich and relevant world. “ * Jeff Lemire, Sweet Tooth, Essex County, Mazebook *
“A joyful look at the — supposedly — minor players who shepherded major American history. Sly, fun, and exciting, just like Kate Warne herself.” * Jonathan Case, The New Deal, Dear Creature, the upcoming Little Monarchs *
“BETTER ANGELS unveils a lost chapter of history - a story steeped in history but crackling with propulsive story, all-too-human characters and lovely art. Jensen and Schall are pros, and BETTER ANGELS is a perfect synthesis of talents. Evocative, entertaining, and hopefully not the last time we’ll see Kate Warne.” * Alex Segura, award-winning author of Secret Identity, The Black Ghost, and Star Wars Poe Dameron: *
“An amazing, meaty, historical tale from Jeff Jensen and George Schall! So good!” * Matt Kindt, Harvey Award-winning creator *
“Jensen and artist George Schall examine the forces that drove Kate to become a kickass detective in a time and place that was very hostile to working women. They also excavate forgotten political elements of Lincoln’s time, like the Wide-Awakes who marched by lamplight through hostile streets proclaiming the righteousness of Lincoln’s anti-slavery politics. To its credit, Better Angels also manages to redeem Mary Todd Lincoln from her too-common caricature as a grieving madwoman.” * Entertainment Weekly’s Best Comics from November 2021 *
“Complex, character-driven and RELEVANT, the timing couldn’t be better for this story.” – Damon Lindelof, Emmy Award-winning screenwriter of Watchmen, The Leftovers, and LOST
“Unique, surprising, spirited, engaging and wonderfully clever – much like Kate Warne herself.” – Gillian Flynn, author of Gone Girl, Sharp Objects, and Dark Places
“A really fun graphic novel re-imagination of Kate Warne’s historic adventures. Written by the great @EWDocJensen and beautifully drawn by @georgeschall.” – Brad Meltzer NYT bestselling author of The Lightning Rod, The Escape Artist, and more

Jeff Jensen was a writer and story editor on HBO’s “Watchmen,” earning Hugo and Nebula nominations, and a writer and executive producer on the 2015 film “Tomorrowland.” His 2011 graphic novel “Green River Killer- A True Detective Story,” which dramatized the life and career of his father, Detective Tom Jensen, won the Eisner for Best Reality Based Work. He spent 19 years at Entertainment Weekly magazine as senior writer, critic, and verbose recapper of TV shows. He lives in Lakewood, California with his three children and a cat and is currently thinking about proposing to his girlfriend of several years. He’ll probably do it.

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