Samurai Jack (comics)
| Samurai Jack | |
|---|---|
| File:SamuraiJack1.jpg Samurai Jack And The Threads of Time #1 | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | IDW Publishing |
| Schedule | Monthly |
| Format | Ongoing series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | October 2013 – present |
| No. of issues | 2 |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Genndy Tartakovsky Jim zub |
| Written by | Jim Zub |
| Artist(s) | Andy Suriano |
The Samurai Jack comics is a monthly American comic book ongoing series chronicling the travels of Samurai Jack. The comic book series follows up Season 4 of Samurai Jack of a time-displaced samurai warrior "Jack" in his singular quest to find a method of travelling back in time and defeating the tyrannical demonic wizard Aku.[1]
In February 2013, IDW Publishing announced a partnership with Cartoon Network to produce comics based on its properties. Samurai Jack was one of the titles announced to be published. It was further announced at WonderCon 2013 that the first issue of Samurai Jack will debut in October 2013.[2] The first comic in the series was released October 23rd, 2013.[3]
Nine years after the series finale of Genndy Tartakovsky’s show, IDW Publishing had announced a new comic book featuring the continuing adventures of Jack, the dimensionally displaced warrior and his epic quest to destroy Aku.[4] Beginning with a five-issue storyline called Rope of Eons. Suriano, who designed characters for the show, reflected on returning to the popular character via press release: “Returning to Samurai Jack is such a personal experience and labor of love for me. It’s like stepping through a time portal back to characters I know as friends and a world that really launched my animation career.”
Plot
After the follow up of episode 52, we find Jack crossing the desert to find a wise old hermit living in a cave. He seeks help on his unending quest to go back in time. The sage tells him that Aku learned his mastery of time travel through an ancient relic known as the rope of eons. He studied it, and absorbed its power before destroying it, so others couldn't learn its secrets. However, if the strands are gathered, they can be reassembled to form rope once again. With that Jack set off and crossed the desert to find a remote underground Colosseum where the first strand lies.[5]
Classic Volumes
The Classic Volumes are series of comics based on the events that happened before and during the TV series for Samurai Jack. The 136 page collection focuses on Jack's origin story. Simply put, Aku the demon wizard has enslaved Jack's people. Jack inherits a mystical katana and bests Aku in battle only to be sent far into the future where Aku's grip's is all-reaching and all-powerful. Thus starts Jack's quest to journey back to his original time so he may finish what he and Aku started. The rest consists of short tales of Jack liberating others from Aku's hold, before passing along to the next town in true drifter style.[6]
References
- ^ "II - "The Samurai Called Jack"". Samurai Jack. Cartoon Network.
- ^ http://www.idwpublishing.com/news/article/2507/
- ^ http://read.idwpublishing.com/Samurai-Jack-1/digital-comic/49614
- ^ Cartoon Brew Accessed: December 3rd, 2013. | Jim Zub and Andy Suriano Reinvent Samurai Jack
- ^ Samurai Jack: Issue 1: Plot (Review)
- ^ [1] Samurai Jack: Classic Volumes (review on Flickering Myths)