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Joe the Barbarian
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Joe the Barbarian tells the story of Joe, an imaginative eleven-year-old boy who can't fit in at school and is the victim of bullies. His father died overseas in the Iraq war, and he also struggles with Type 1 diabetes. One fateful day, Joe's medical condition...
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Joe the Barbarian tells the story of Joe, an imaginative eleven-year-old boy who can't fit in at school and is the victim of bullies. His father died overseas in the Iraq war, and he also struggles with Type 1 diabetes.
One fateful day, Joe's medical condition causes him to believe he has entered a vivid fantasy world where he is the lost saviour. This fantastical land is based on the layout and contents of his own home.
His desperate attempts to make it out of his bedroom transform into an incredible, epic adventure through a bizarre landscape of submarine pirate dwarves, evil Hell Hounds, Lightning Lords, and besieged castles.
But is his quest really just an insulin-deprived delirium—from which he can die if he doesn't take his medication—or something much bigger?
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781779527981
Publisher: DC Comics
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 November 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: DC Comics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 168.0mm
Height: 259.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 224
About the Author
Writer Grant Morrison is known for his innovative work on comics from the graphic novel Batman- Arkham Asylum to acclaimed runs on Animal Man and Doom Patrol, as well as his subversive creator-owned titles such as The Invisibles, Seaguy and WE3. Grant has written best-selling runs on JLA, Seven Soldiers of Victory and New X-Men and helped to reinvent the DC Universe in The Multiversity, All Star Superman, 52, Batman, Batman & Robin and Batman Incorporated.More Recently Grant has had his creator owned series Happy! turned into a TV series on the SYFY network. He also made his return to monthly comics in 2018 with The Green Lantern.
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