Cryptozoic Man

Comic book
  • Horror
Publication dateOctober 2013 – May 2014No. of issues4 (of 4)Creative teamCreated byBryan Johnson
Walt FlanaganWritten byBryan JohnsonArtist(s)Walt FlanaganPenciller(s)Walt FlanaganInker(s)Chris IvyLetterer(s)Marshall DillonColorist(s)Wayne JansenCollected editionsCryptozoic ManISBN 978-1606905265

Cryptozoic Man was a four-issue comic book limited series by Bryan Johnson and Walt Flanagan.[1][2] Flanagan described the series as the "creepiest cosmic spookshow ever witnessed!"[3]

Publication history

The concept debuted on the AMC reality series Comic Book Men in which Johnson and Flanagan star. The other co-stars of Comic Book Men are also involved in the development of Cryptozoic Man.

Plot

Alan Ostman, a middle-aged husband/father, sees his life quickly unravel when his daughter goes missing on a camping trip in the Pacific Northwest...Bigfoot country. After Gray aliens abduct him from a roadside bar, he learns that the fate of the world is dependent on trapping the world's most legendary cryptids.[4]

The comic centers on a character who is an amalgamation of a human being and legendary creatures like Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and the Jersey Devil.[2]

Collected editions

The series has been collected into a trade paperback:

  • Cryptozoic Man (collected issues #1-4, 112 pages, Dynamite Entertainment, October 2014, ISBN 978-1606905265)

References

  1. ^ Cryptozoic Man at the Grand Comics Database
  2. ^ a b Sunu, Steve (December 30, 2013). "Flanagan & Johnson Amalgamate Dynamite's "Cryptozoic Man"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  3. ^ "Comic Book Men's Walt Flanagan On Cryptozoic Man". Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
  4. ^ "Dynamite® Cryptozoic Man #1 (Of 4)". dynamite.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.

External links

  • Cryptozoic Man at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)


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