Joel Swendsen

Jason Newman est un jeune et brillant avocat dont la carrière semble assurée. Pourtant, depuis peu il n'arrive plus à dormir et vit dans un état de fatigue constante. Progressivement, il mesure son propre déclin et commence à connaître des sautes d'humeur. Afin de sauver sa carrière et son couple, il décide de suivre les conseils de sa compagne et d'aller consulter un spécialiste en asthénie.

Tout mettre en péril pour partir en quête de ses origines ? Au croisement d’Out of Africa et des romans de Joseph Conrad, ce triptyque retrouve le souffle romantique de la grande aventure tout en proposant un regard réaliste sur une époque et sur un phénomène que chacun ressent à un moment de sa vie : l’appel des origines.

Collects Daredevil: Redemption #1-6.
In the small, God-fearing town of Redemption Valley, a young boy's body is found dead and mutilated. Is it a ritualistic killing? The local bad boy, Joel Flood, is arrested and put in jail. A black-garbed, devil-worshipping metalhead, he must be guilty…or is he? Enter attorney and super hero Matt Murdock, brought in to save the troubled teen from what looks like a witch-hunt by an outraged community desperate for justice…and the death penalty. This may be the most important case of Matt's career. A loss means justice denied and certain death for his client.

Un groupe de militants pour la protection des animaux suspecte l'armée de dissimuler l'apparition d'un virus foudroyant d'un nouveau genre. Traqué par les autorités, ce groupe tente de trouver l'origine de cette contamination meurtrière dont l'ampleur prend des tournures rappelant les plus sombres récits d'anticipation.

In Shadow Show, acclaimed writers and come together to pay tribute to the work of the one and only Ray Bradbury, the incomparable literary artist who has given us such timeless classics as Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Dandelion Wine. Up first is "By The Silver Water of Lake Champlain," written by Joe Hill and adapted by Jason Ciaramella (The Cape) and Charles Paul Wilson III (Wraith). In this haunting story, Gail and Joel, two young teens, form an unlikely bond over the discovery of a lifetime. But their lives will soon be changed, forever altered by what they found that foggy day by the silver waters of Lake Champlain.

Imagine a cross between American Splendor and Alice in Wonderland…or imagine a cross between Carl Barks and Carlos Castaneda… In Joel Orff's new graphic novel Waterwise he explores these concepts and many more. This is the story of two old friends who are reunited for one night and wander together through a surreal, vaguely apocalyptic landscape, pondering life, griping about their circumstances, and trying to connect. Along the way they explore the nature of dreams, the fragile facade of civilization and the tenderness of a true friendship.

One of Booklist's Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2008, Joel Orff's graphic novel Thunderhead Underground Falls tells the story of Jack, a young army reservist who has one weekend left before shipping out for combat in the Middle East. He and a friend find themselves behind the wheel of his parent's car, driving farther and farther west into a snowy landscape. The book is an impressionistic exploration of Jack's flight from his future, as well as an exploration of this place that he's pledged his life to fight for. Jack and his friends want to experience the simple freedom of taking a drive, of seeing familiar things before his outlook is changed forever by the violence that he knows he will soon face. As the hours go by, Jack begins to consider desertion, but he knows that if he stays to hold onto the life that he knows, it will still be changed forever.

Continuing the story of film pioneer Guy Ritchie's anti-hero, the Gamekeeper, soon to be a motion picture from Warner Bros. and producer Joel Silver (The Matrix)! Hoping to resume a quiet life as the gamekeeper of his slain friend, Jonah Morgan's estate, Brock is thrust back into battle when a team of hired-assassins kidnap Morgan's daughter, Krista, in a plot to steal the secrets of Cold Fusion. With the world's eyes on his home, an old enemy, the brutal, one-eyed Sadic, returns, leaving no rest for the weary gamekeeper. But when the connection between Brock's tragic past and a mysterious assassin is revealed, the Gamekeeper must do what he does best - kill - even if it means losing the last shred of his humanity!