![]() I’m personally a sucker for story-in-story narratives, and this has it in spades. “The Seeker’s Tale” is as bright and colourful as its subject’s stories. “The Strongman’s Tale,” about a group of circus performers, looks like an 80s adventure comic. “The Bookseller’s Tale,” a Quantum-leap type dimension-hopping story about a couple of rare book dealers, is done in a wonderfully pulp style. This allows each story to be styled in a way best suited to its theme and atmosphere. Marinda’s narrative acts as the thread that weaves the disparate tales together, and each story she encounters is brought to life by a different artist. ![]() When he dies, she is shocked to learn of the strange stipulation he has included in his will she can’t receive her inheritance, including the house they shared, until she travels the world filling a magic book with people’s stories. Marinda Peake is content in her simple life with her eccentric inventor father. Set in the same world – the world of The Anarchist and The Watchmaker, flying steamliners and alchemy mines – Clockwork Lives is ultimately a story about stories. It is a follow up to the 2013 album Clockwork Angels and its accompanying graphic novel. ![]() Anderson and Neil Peart, the legendary drummer for Rush, has a long history behind it. ![]() Artists: GBM Chomichuck, Tom Hodges, Vic Malhotra, Tony Perna, Moy R., Benjamin Roboly, Vincent VegasĬlockwork Lives, the new graphic novel by Kevin J. ![]()
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