Read elephantmen comic online free and high quality. Starkings took those creations, gave them a back story, and placed them in his pulp science fiction world. Elephantmen has a special place in my heart, as its the the first ongoing series i ever had added to my pull list. The story is really interesting, and has a lot of heart even though it starts as one shots that are only connected by the same world they inhabit. Hip flask s tattoo is distorted by a scar so that hippopotamus hybrid. Hip flask hc 20032007 imageactive images elephantmen. I was lucky enough to spend time with archie in the late 80s when i worked at marvel uks offices in london as. Read hip flask issue elephantmen comic online free and high quality.
Some are born of necessity like a golden age creator needing to fill pages and dreaming. Just a dozen years ago, if you asked anyone in the comic book industry who the nicest man in comics was, theyd reply to a man and woman. The comics have been published once every one or two years, with three issues available as of july 2006. Comic book legal defense fund charity book 2012 marineman and the elephantmens hip flask battle giant crabs pencils. Even when befriended by a small girl, hide is still haunted by his past and is forced to recognize that suspicion and contempt will always be his constant companions. I then buy a hardcover called hip flask unnatural selection and it only looks like a reprint of one story.
See more ideas about comics, image comics and comic books. Find the value of the active images comic hip flask. Comicrafts new years day font sale video countdown day 10 rich answers why did you create hip flask and the elephantmen. Even when befriended by a small girl, hide is still haunted by his past and is forced to. Information agents hip flask and ebony hide must work with the lapd to track them down and route out the. May 16, 2006 the launch of the elephantmen supersite comes on the heels of the recent announcement that the book that started it all, hip flask. The elephantmen series follows the on going battles of the giant mutated animal human crossbreed creatures created by a shadowy.
Hip flask font the worlds greatest comic book fonts. Mar 01, 2020 hip flask and ebony hide count amongst their number. A meteor falls in santa monica bay, and the lives of hip flask, ebony hide, obadiah horn, sahara and her father, joshua serengheti converge once again with farreaching consequences for all. Buy this comic 2005, active images threepart miniseries 48 pages.
Unnatural selection, has sold out, hitting total sales of. Twelve volumes of elephantmen, were published, along with one volume of the prequel series elephantmen. Choose qty for hip flask unnatural selection ian churchill. Moxa cautery ebony hide and hip flask accompany the lapds lieutenant trench we are open.
Unnatural selection, the book that started it all, has now sold over 26,000 copies. The comic has been going strong ever since and celebrated its 50th issue in july with an issue featuring a frame story by regular series artist axel medellin with the majority of the tale told through splash. Jun 14, 2014 today its elephantmen a comic book series written by richard starkings a series of videos detailing without spoiling books, comics, films, tv shows and games that are not as well know as. Elephantmen is a comic book series by image comics. Elephantmen comic read elephantmen comic online in high quality. Its almost more of a mood piece than anything else, showing where hip flask, obadiah horn, and. Unnatural selection as well as pages and covers from hip flask. I finally completed my run of elephantmen and i am ready to read it when i realize there were a few issues that came out before elephantmen no. Sahara is in hiding, ready to give birth to obadiah horns baby. A monthly series called elephantmen was first available for sale in stores in july 2006, published by image comics. The characters were originally designed as advertising concept art for comic book fonts. The elephantmen series follows the on going battles of the giant mutated animalhuman crossbreed creatures created by a shadowy organisation as war machines that do battle in africa, killing. They were genetically engineered to be suprahuman weapons of mass destruction, now they walk among the people they were created to. Set in the 23rd century, the series revolves around a group of genetic super soldiers created by a.
Jul 17, 2005 in addition to the hip flask comic book series, richard starkings is the coauthor of comic book lettering, the comicraft way and tim sale. Twenty years after the genetic program that created them was brought to an end, nikkens halfhuman creations struggle for survival and acceptance in the world of man. Unnatural selection hc collects the remastered and expanded widescreen art and story from hip flask. Ladronn, eisner awardwinning hip flask artist and cover artist of elephantmen and the allnew atom, is back at image in a lush art book only a genetically engineered oversized format could hold. The launch of the elephantmen supersite comes on the heels of the recent announcement that the book that started it all, hip flask. These elephantmen are trained from birth to be soldiers and killers, they are indoctrinated in an orwellian mindset to think of themselves as property of the mappo corporation and to deny any concept of free thought. Due to the number of artists contributing to the series. Jack farrell is a private detective who never gave a second thought to the elephantmen until he was paid to. Either way, this book is a great addition to any elephantmen hip flask collection. The elephantmen series is a spinoff from the series hip flask, set in the same universe and expanding on details of various minor characters from that series. Today its elephantmen a comic book series written by richard starkings a series of videos detailing without spoiling books, comics, films. Definitely not for those looking for a traditional comic. All coming evil tp jun 22, 2016 elephantmen 2260 book three.
After a series of hip flask solo books, starkings launched the ongoing comic book series elephantmen in 2006 through image comics. They were genetically engineered to be suprahuman weapons of mass destruction, now they walk among the people they were created to destroy. Blade runner 30th anniversary collectors edition bluray and the incal, hip flask is a great addition to the elephantmen volume 1. This 48page oversized hardcover is limited to 2,500 copies, and features covertocover painted art by ladronn, collecting the remastered and expanded widescreen art and story from unnatural selection and also pages and covers from hip flask. Hip flask and his fellow elephantmen, came from both.
The comic explores the world of heironymous flask hip flask a bioengineered hippopatamus now servin as a private detective in a world very similar to blade runner. Im not totally sure what this book compiles, whether its one oversized issue, or a couple stories, but i think they could have done a little better with extra features besides the covers gallery, especially for a 10th anniversary edition. Its almost more of a mood piece than anything else, showing where hip flask, obadiah horn, and the rest of the elephantmen have ended up in society. Hip flask and ebony hide count amongst their number. Elephantmen is a european comic book series published by image comics, created by richard starkings and illustrated by ladronn, moritat, marian churchland and guest artists. In addition to the hip flask comic book series, richard starkings is the coauthor of comic book lettering, the comicraft way and tim sale. And possibly the first appearance of the elephantmen. Now there are several different artists rotating on the book.