Alex Segura
Autor(a) de Secret Identity
About the Author
Image credit: photo by Irina Peschan
Séries
Obras por Alex Segura
Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi - The Rebellion (2023) #1 (Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi One-Shots (2023)) 6 exemplares
Black Diamond {short story} 1 exemplar
Marvel Voices Community #1 2022 1 exemplar
Archie Meets Ramones #1 1 exemplar
Edge Of Spider-Verse (2023-) #4 (of 4) 1 exemplar
Seismic Stories FCBD 2023 1 exemplar
Associated Works
The Faking of the President: Nineteen Stories of White House Noir (2000) — Contribuidor — 23 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1980
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Locais de residência
- Miami, Florida, USA
New York, New York, USA - Ocupações
- novelist
comics writer
comics executive - Organizações
- Archie Comics (co-president)
Crime Writers of Color - Agente
- Dara Hyde
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 30
- Also by
- 10
- Membros
- 473
- Popularidade
- #52,094
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 28
- ISBN
- 48
- Línguas
- 4
One night, her coworker comes to her asking to partner on creating a new book. It’s the opportunity Carmen has been waiting for, if not perfect, and she sketches out the major points of a character somewhat inspired by her own life. Just as their character is ready to go to print, Carmen finds her friend murdered.
She begins retracing what happened to him and where he went, learning about a seedy underbelly of third-tier comic publishers and slowly discovering people’s secrets as she begins to act more like her character. Complicating matters are ghosts from her own past catching up to her in New York and clouding her instincts.
Segura crafts a solid noir story while fully immersing the reader in the comic book market of the mid-70s, with the clash between those who wanted to elevate the art form and others who viewed it as a way to make a quick buck on something ephemeral. Elements of the story and the world Segura created with fictional publisher Triumph resemble Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, if only in his success in integrating his fictional world into actual history. The rest is pure Segura, with a solid mystery that draws the reader in until they can’t put the book down. Great for comic book fans, but welcoming to newcomers as well.… (mais)