Tuesday, July 5, 2011

The Hidden Graphic Novel


Buy SVK and you'll get two comic for the price of one.

Written by the legendary Warren Ellis, with art by Matt "D'Israeli" Brooker, and collaborating with London design firm BERG, SVK is unlike any other comic that has been released before. The story is about a disgraced spy who has to recover a top-secret package lost by a military contractor, but it's the second story revealed in ultraviolet light that sets it apart. A small, wallet-sized UV flashlight is provided to reveal the comic-within-a-comic.

There are hidden joke ads in the real ones, as well as essay on comics as an art form (by William Gibson), augmented reality (by Jamais Cascio) and the history of novelty comics (by Paul Gravett) in SVK. It will cost you more than $20 to get the book outta England, and the first run print run is sold out, but it is unlike any comic you've seen before.

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