Synopses & Reviews
Nameless tells the story of a down-at-heel occult hustler known only as "Nameless" who is recruited by a consortium of billionaire futurists as part of a desperate mission to save the world. A massive asteroid named Xibalba — the "Place of Fear" in Mayan mythology — is on collision course with the planet Earth. If that wasn't trouble enough, the asteroid has an enormous magical symbol carved into its side and is revealed to be a fragment of our solar system's lost fifth planet, Marduk, destroyed sixty-five million years ago at the end of an epic cosmic war between the inhabitants of Marduk and immensely powerful, life-hating, extra-dimensional "gods." One of those beings is still alive, imprisoned on Xibalba, dreaming of its ultimate revenge on all that exists. When Nameless and his teammates inadvertently unleash this malignant soul-destroying intelligence, the stage is set for a nightmarish, nihilistic journey to the outer reaches of human terror.
Review
"This is one of those rare comics where the author's afterword is immensely helpful, providing some fascinating method to the muddle. Covering his thematic influences and analyzing Burnham's layouts as an effort to break away from the cinema's stranglehold on comics, Morrison provides an intriguing springboard to not only a second reading, but further investigations into the areas of his obsessions." Publishers Weekly
About the Author
Scottish comics creator Grant Morrison is known as one of the brightest minds in the comics business.
Chris Burnham is the #1 New York Times Bestselling artist of Batman Incorporated and the co-creator of Officer Downe, soon to be a major motion picture! Other career high points include co-creating Nixon's Pals, drawing such comics as The X-Men, The Amory Wars, Elephantmen, Fear Agent, and Marvel Mystery, and working with such esteemed creators as Joe Casey, David Hine, Peter David, Richard Starkings, and Grant Morrison.
Nathan Fairbairn is a Joe Shuster Award-winning creator whose work has frequently topped the New York Times Best Sellers list. Past credits include Nameless, Scott Pilgrim, Batman Incorporated, and Wonder Woman: Earth One. Primarily a colorist, Lake of Fire represents Fairbairn's first creator-owned work as a writer.