Synopses & Reviews
Jeff Smith's fast-paced sci-fi thriller about an inter-dimensional art thief continues in this action-packed graphic novel. The secrets of RASL's technology and his hidden past are exposed when a mysterious, lizard-faced stranger starts killing the art thief's girlfriends in multiple universes. The stranger knows that RASL used to work for the military-industrial complex on a project code-named The St. George Array, and believes that RASL has stolen secrets that will unlock the power of the universe. Collects RASL issues #4-7.
Review
"A rollicking sci-fi caper and promising follow-up to Smith's all ages masterpiece BONE. Grade A."
Entertainment Weekly"RASL is gorgeous, creepy, grim, and crammed with action, history, sex, booze, science, and psuedo-science . . . a hell of a ride." The Portland Mercury
Synopsis
From The New York Times best-selling author of Bone comes a stark, gritty sci-fi series about a dimension-jumping art thief a man who races through space and time searching for his next big score and trying to escape his past. Known only by the four-letter word found spray-painted at the scene of a crime, RASL stumbles across a mystery that spans centuries and not only threatens to expose his illicit activities but also could uncover one of the world's most dangerous secrets.
About the Author
A co-founder of the 90s Self-Publishing Movement, and an early adopter of the graphic novel format, Jeff Smith is best known as the writer and artist of BONE, an award winning adventure about three cartoon cousins lost in a world of myth and ancient mysteries. In 2008, Smith was the subject of a documentary called The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, BONE, and the Changing Face of Comics.
Besides BONE and RASL, his other books include Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil, and Little Mouse Gets Ready!