{"id":10090,"date":"2014-02-27T22:59:28","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T03:59:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=10090"},"modified":"2014-02-27T22:59:28","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T03:59:28","slug":"hard-copy-toshiro-an-original-steampunk-horror-graphic-novel-from-jai-nitz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/?p=10090","title":{"rendered":"Hard Copy: TOSHIRO! AN ORIGINAL STEAMPUNK HORROR GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM JAI NITZ!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Genres collide in an adventure where steam-powered tanks clash with katanas<a href=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/TOSHIRO-TPB-CVR-4x6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-10091\" style=\"width: 409px;\" alt=\"TOSHIRO TPB CVR 4x6\" src=\"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/TOSHIRO-TPB-CVR-4x6.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"729\" \/><\/a> in the new graphic novel <i>Toshiro <\/i>from writer Jai Nitz (<a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.com\/1616552832\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc; font-family: Times New Roman;\"><i>Dream Thief<\/i><\/span><\/a>) and artist Janusz Pawlak!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<i>Toshiro<\/i> bends and blends genres to make something altogether new.\u00a0Janusz and I wanted to play with Victorian steampunk, alternate history, Lovecraftian monsters, and the magic of Tezuka\u2019s <i>Astro Boy<\/i> to tell a story,\u201d said Jai Nitz.\u00a0\u201cWe wanted to wear our influences on our sleeves, but do the hard work of creating something new. I think this book will appeal to any fans of adventure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The mechano-samurai Toshiro travels a Victorian clockwork world,\u00a0battling horrors too dark for mankind.\u00a0With his mysterious partner, the world-famous adventurer Quicksilver Bob, Toshiro must face Earth\u2019s greatest foe yet: the soul-stealing, zombie-creating jellyfish from beyond. Janusz Pawlak\u2019s jagged inks and moody watercolors create a world of dread and mystery.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Praise for <b>Jai Nitz<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p>\u201c<b>Nitz <\/b>subverts expectations very well, moves the story along quickly, and gives us enough mystery to hook us in for whatever ride he\u2019s planning to take us on.\u201d\u2014Crave Online<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<b>Jai Nitz\u00a0<\/b>is horribly underrated in the comic book business.\u201d\u2014Geeks of Doom<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On sale June 4 in comic shops (Diamond code FEB140081) and June 17 in bookstores everywhere! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Toshiro-Jai-Nitz\/dp\/6165552900\/ref=sr_1_1%3Fs=books%26ie=UTF8%26qid=1390586738%26sr=1-1%26keywords=toshiro+jai\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">Preorder your copy today!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genres collide in an adventure where steam-powered tanks clash with katanas in the new graphic novel Toshiro from writer Jai Nitz (Dream Thief) and artist Janusz Pawlak!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[88,100,85,3343,29,2719,3342,449],"class_list":["post-10090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-comic-book","tag-dark-horse","tag-dark-horse-comics","tag-dream-thief","tag-graphic-novel","tag-jai-nitz","tag-janusz-pawlak","tag-steampunk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10090"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10092,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10090\/revisions\/10092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geekstronomy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}