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The Utopian (comics)
''The Utopian'' is a webcomic and comic book created, written and drawn by Pj Perez. It is published by Pop! Goes the Icon. Synopsis ''The Utopian'' tells the story of a high school senior, James Douglas, who adopts the anonymous identity of the "Utopian" in order to encourage young people to stand up for themselves. As the school's principal and other authorities attempt to determine the Utopian's identity, James tracks down corruption in the school and exposes a sordid scandal. Perez added a mystical side to the story, as James seems to die and be reborn with a spirit guide and unusual superpower (ability), superpower. Publication history ''The Utopian'' began running online on April 15, 2009, and was first collected in print in a limited-edition "number zero" issue, which was distributed at San Diego Comic-Con International in 2009. The regular print comic book series began publishing in fall 2009, collecting material first shown online with new and unseen content. By August 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop! Goes The Icon
Pop! Goes the Icon or PGTI, is an independent United States, American comic book publisher based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada. Company history Pop! Goes the Icon started as a blog by Las Vegas-based writer Pj Perez in 2007, whose topics included comic books and popular culture. After turning over the day-to-day updating of the blog to fellow Las Vegas writer Jarret Keene, Perez worked in secret to revamp PGTI as a boutique publisher of comic books, webcomics and other works of pop culture. The blog was relaunched as the new PGTI website in April, 2009, announcing a forthcoming webcomic by Perez called ''The Utopian (comics), The Utopian.'' The first print comic published by PGTI was ''The Utopian'' #0, a limited-edition (only 50 copies were produced) sampler comic distributed for free at 2009's San Diego Comic-Con International, which collected the first 16 pages from the ''Utopian'' webcomic. The regular print series of ''The Utopian'' began in the fall of 2009 and co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |