Synopses & Reviews
Colonel Victor Von Vector has a blunderbuss gun with a peculiar recoil. When he shoots, he gets kicked back in time 600 million years to the Cambrian Period. With each subsequent shot, Victor moves through geologic time, encountering beasts of the past and wandering through the varied environments that have colored Earths history. Utilizing the Shakespearian sonnet as his means of record, Victors journey from the Cambrian through various other time periods, and back to his own Edwardian time is presented in 17 poems with 17 illustrated plates.
Review
“Armed with a Blunderbuss that when fired, and for no other reason than it's awesome, propels him back in time, Col. Von Vector blasts his way through every pre-human era encountering history's most deadly creatures. . . . The art is also rather wonderful. Christopher Herndon s creatures are both stylized and realistic, and the Colonel is one of my favorite characters to simply look at that Ive encountered in a while. If I can read a book where I can see a man with a wonderful bouquet of facial hair stare down a dinosaur while brandishing a blunderbuss and learn something along the way then Im a happy reader.” —Spandexless.com
About the Author
David R. Shapiro is the founder of Craigmore Creations. He has worked as an animal tracker, interpretive guide, youth educator, and summer camp director. He is the author of the a web comic series, Around the World with Haley Zoic; several childrens picture books; and an illustrated book of sonnets. He lives in Portland, Oregon. Christopher Herndon is an artist, the creator of two comic book series, and the illustrator of numerous album covers, games, and magazines. His previous works include the childrens book Tool Time Twist and the graphic novels Blunderbuss Wanderlust and Living with Zombies. He lives in Portland, Oregon.