Nowhere Men

This article is about the comic series by Eric Stephenson. For the social reality game, see Nowheremen. For the Virgin Comics limited series, see Nowhere Man (comics). For similar uses, see Nowhere Man (disambiguation).
Nowhere Men
The first issue's cover artwork, done by Nate Bellegarde and Fonografiks.
Publication information
PublisherImage Comics
GenreDrama
Mystery
Science fiction
Publication dateNovember 2012
Main character(s)Dade Ellis, Emerson Strange, Simon Grimshaw, and Thomas Walker
Creative team
Created byEric Stephenson, Nate Bellegarde
Written byEric Stephenson
Penciller(s)Nate Bellegarde (#1-6)
Dave Taylor (#7-onward)
Emi Lenox (#7-onward)
Fonografiks
Inker(s)Nate Bellegarde (#1-6)
Dave Taylor (#7-onward)
Colorist(s)Jordie Bellaire

Nowhere Men is a comic book series written by Eric Stephenson.[1] The first six issues were drawn by Nate Bellegarde, colored by Jordie Bellaire,[2] lettered by Fonografix (Steven Finch),[3] and published by Image Comics.[4] As of issue 7, Dave Taylor has replaced Nate Bellegarde, who no longer is part of the creative team.[5][6] Emi Lenox also joined up, providing short comics about Monica Strange, one of the characters of Nowhere Men.[5][7]

The series centers on a fictional world where a group of four scientists, long since gone their own ways, have had huge cultural influences in a way similar to that of The Beatles in our world. It's loosely based on the story of the British Invasion, especially how The Beatles stood out.[8] The promotional tagline, "Science is the new Rock-N-Roll", exemplifies this.[4][9]

The name is derived primarily from the fact that things just seem to come out of nowhere for the scientists, although there are other plot points that the name is based on as well.[4] It was also influenced by the Beatles song "Nowhere Man".[10]

Nowhere Men was nominated for four Eisner Awards in 2014, of which it won one: Jordie Bellaire won the award for Best Colorist for her work on several titles, including Nowhere Men.[11][12]

As of May 2021, eleven issues have been published, the first six of which form the completed first arc. The seventh through eleventh issues are part of the second arc, which started in January 2016 after a two-year delay.[13]

  1. ^ Booker, M. Keith (11 May 2010). Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels Volume 1. p. 309. ISBN 9780313357473.
  2. ^ Bailey, Benjamin (30 January 2013). "Nowhere Men #3 Review". IGN Entertainment, Inc. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  3. ^ Parker, John (17 October 2013). "'Nowhere Men': Science, Drugs, and Rock N' Roll [Review]". Screencrush Network. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b c Dietsch, TJ (24 July 2012). "CCI: Stephenson Gets Lost With "Nowhere Men"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b Parker, John R. "Eric Stephenson Talks About The Return Of 'Nowhere Men'". Comics Alliance. Screencrush Network. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Image Comics: Nowhere Men #7". Image Comics. Image Comics. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  7. ^ Butler, Madison (24 February 2016). "Review: Nowhere Men 8". Graphic Policy. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  8. ^ Wolk, Douglas (13 December 2013). "Reanimated: 'Nowhere Men, Vol. 1,' and More". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
  9. ^ Richards, Ron (28 November 2012). "Review: Nowhere Men #1". iFanboy. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  10. ^ Gustines, George Gene (1 January 2014). "Two Graphic Narratives, Inspired by the Fab Four". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
  11. ^ "2014 Eisner Award Nominees Announced". Comic Book Resources. 15 April 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  12. ^ Cavna, Michael (27 July 2014). "COMIC-CON 14: Here are your Eisner Award winners". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 August 2014.
  13. ^ "Image Comics: Nowhere Men #12". Image Comics. Image Comics. Archived from the original on 6 April 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2016.