Saint John - Readings

Description

PORTLAND GEAR PRESENTS: SAINT JOHN

Cynical Manhattan writer Tori Slate travels to Portland, Oregon, to track down the enigmatic Saint John — a masked man who roams the city doing good deeds for strangers, appearing at random and vanishing without a trace.

Who is he? Why does he do it? And what is his seemingly supernatural connection to the City of Roses? It’s a mystery that draws Tori back to Portland again and again over the course of a year, joining Saint John as he tries to help his city through floods, ice storms, and the pressures of a changing world.

A distinctly PDX miniseries from Eisner-nominated cartoonist Dan Schkade (Lavender Jack, The Spirit) and Portland native creator Brennan Wagner (Grendel, Batman), produced with—and featuring the fashion of—Portland Gear.

Collects Saint John #1–#4.

About the Author

Matt Wagner has enjoyed a career in comics for over twenty years. Born and educated in Pennsylvania, his first published work was a short story that would introduce one of comicdom's most respected creator-owned characters--the mastermind assassin, GRENDEL. Best known for this epic creation and his other, more personal, allegory, MAGE, Matt has also worked on a variety of established characters. These include his ground-breaking work on the character of Batman villain, Two-Face, in the graphic novel, FACES, as well as a five-year stint both developing and generating the stories for the fan-favorite Vertigo title, SANDMAN MYSTERY THEATRE. His more recent efforts in this vein have included writing the DR. MID-NITE mini-series for DC Comics and serving as the regular cover artist on the Kevin Smith-penned relaunch of GREEN ARROW.

Known for his character-driven stories and his obvious love of the world's mythologies, Matt has also enjoyed the distinction of being one of the only writer/artists allowed to team his own creation with one of DC's flagship characters in two successive BATMAN/GRENDEL cross-overs.

In the past few years, Matt has also written and drawn several high profile projects for DC; a three-issue prestige series starring Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman; titled TRINITY and a year-long, project which comprised two mini-series that chronicled some of the earliest aspects of Batman's career, collectively titled DARK MOON RISING.