The Nobody | |
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Date | 2009 |
Page count | 144 pages |
Publisher | Vertigo |
Creative team | |
Writers | Jeff Lemire |
Artists | Jeff Lemire |
Pencillers | Jeff Lemire |
Letterers | Sean Konot |
Colourists | Jeff Lemire |
Original publication | |
Date of publication | July 7, 2009 |
ISBN | 1401220800 |
The Nobody is a graphic novel created by cartoonist Jeff Lemire. It was first published in a hardcover format by Vertigo Comics in July 2009.[1] It is a retelling of the 1897 H.G. Wells novel The Invisible Man, recasting the bandaged stranger as a modern-day drifter. His presence in a small-town American fishing village creates a frenzy that unwraps and exposes the scarred underside to their own secrets. Lemire believed Wells' character was an ideal way to "explore themes of identity, rural life, community and paranoia".[1] In a review for Oregon Live, Steve Duin said there was a "lot to like" about The Nobody, but that it was not as good as Lemire's previous work, Essex County.[2]