''Four Eyes'' is an American
comic book
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published by
Image Comics beginning in
2008
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. The comic was created by writer
Joe Kelly and artist
Max Fiumara and chronicles a revenge story set in
Brooklyn
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, NYC.
As Joe Kelly states, Four Eyes is about "a boy who’s trying to get back at a gang that’s directly responsible for his dad’s death...the world in which they live is a world where underground dragon fighting is entertainment for the masses."
[Brady, Matt]
Joe Kelly on ''Four Eyes''
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History
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, June 17, 2008.
The title, ''Four Eyes'' comes from the name given to the dragon which befriends Enrico, the young boy who is the center character of the story. The neglected and deformed runt of a dragon which has four eyes and is not able to use them efficiently, thus making it not very suitable for fighting.
Publication history
The concept for ''Four Eyes'' first came to Kelly several years ago, and began with a simple image in his head. “A boy with a dragon on a chain in front of an old car,” said the writer, “like a Studebaker or old Ford - and the Brooklyn Bridge in the background. He didn't have any shoes on, and I thought it was the
Great Depression. I didn't know what it meant, really, but all of a sudden, the idea of a revenge story kicked in, the struggles of the Depression and how people needed things to keep their minds off of their troubles; illegal gambling; and that dragon? Dragon fighting? That's sort of it, an image blossoming.”
[A Boy & His Dragon: Kelly talks "Four Eyes"]
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, June 26, 2008
Plot
Kelly has designed ''Four Eyes'' as an epic story to be told in a series of arcs. In the first year, Kelly said, readers will learn "what happens to Enrico's dad and how a little boy learns about the dark underbelly of his father's other life. We’ll see his first dragon hunt and how he ultimately gets Four Eyes. Then, the long road to training his dragon - what a kid has to do to hide this very illegal animal, work with it, and turn it into a killer. Then, of course Four Eyes' first battle."
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External links
Four Eyes IGN
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Comics by Joe Kelly (comics writer)