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Jordan Morris

Book - 2021

Based on the podcast of the same name and set in the fictional city of Fairhaven, follow the human Morgan as she grows her occasional recreational killing of Imps into a full-time job within her employer's new gig economy called Huntr, taking on monsters, Brush-turned citizens and all manner of mutants from the surrounding alien wilderness known as the Brush.

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Subjects
Genres
Science fiction comics
Humorous comics
Novelizations
Graphic novels
Comics (Graphic works)
Published
New York : First Second 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Jordan Morris (creator)
Other Authors
Sarah (Television writer) Morgan (author), Tony (Comic book author) Cliff (colorist), Natalie Riess
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
267 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781250245564
9781250245557
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Barely ever stopping for a breath, this sci-fi adventure comedy (adapted from the popular podcast) bounds from one escapade to another while keeping up a running satirical patter. The setting is an alien planet where human settlers are divided between cosseted urbanites living in corporate-controlled domed cities and those roughing it out in the "Brush" where mutant Imps roam free. In the Fairhaven dome, Morgan is a onetime "Brush Baby" who uses her knife skills to kill the occasional Imp when it sneaks into the dome. She, her roommate Annie (a casually polyamorous bespoke drug manufacturer), ex-boyfriend and parkour enthusiast Van (widely beloved "Even with the unfortunate toe rings"), and lovable loser Mitch get sucked into a conspiracy involving an app for gig-economy Imp killers called Huntr. The blow-out fight scenes--drawn by Cliff with a fizz-bomb energy that recalls his similarly caffeinated Delilah Dirk series--come fast and furious and are littered with sarcastic one-liners and snarky takes on everything from John Mayer to TGI Fridays, book club wine moms, Frasier, CrossFit, and bearded podcast dudes with "hot takes" ("It's time for a male Wonder Woman!"). The critique of the gig economy is just discernible beneath the smashmouth confrontations, and the relationship comedy (tangled on-again, off-again connections and flirtations throughout) is surprisingly earnest. It's a recklessly fun, hoot and holler of a ride. (July)

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