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    Demon, Volume 1
    Demon, Volume 1
    Demon, Volume 1
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    Demon, Volume 1

    By Jason Shiga

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    An Eisner Award winner and LA Times Book Prize finalist!

    No matter how hard he tries, Jimmy Yee cannot die.

    A noose around his neck, a razor across his wrist, and even a bullet to his head all yield the same results: he awakes from each suicide attempt, miraculously unharmed, in his shabby room at the Sunbeam Motel.
    Has he gone mad? Or has he truly died and found himself in hell? Jimmy is willing to tear the world down around him to get at the truth. Highly analytical and utterly unscrupulous, he is uniquely suited to unraveling this bizarre mystery.

    From the brilliant and profane mind of Jason Shiga, known for his high-concept graphic novels, comes Demon: a four-volume magnum opus about the unspeakable chaos that one indestructible man can unleash on the world—and the astronomical body count he leaves behind.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateOct 25, 2016
    ISBN9781250145925
    Demon, Volume 1
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    Jason Shiga

    Jason Shiga was born and raised in Oakland, California. He is the author of Meanwhile, Empire State, Fleep, Boohunter and over 20 other comic books and graphic novels. He is also the creator of the world's second largest interactive comic. His comics have a geeky side, and often feature exciting uses of mathematics and unusual structural forms. Demon is his most ambitious project to date.

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    • 3/5
      Shiga's artwork is just a little too goofy for me, but it can't hinder a story that is irresistibly over-the-top amoral and violent. It seems like anything can happen here, and I'm ready to follow the saga to the end.
    • 5/5
      A guy kills himself and keeps waking up, after 4 attempts he realises that every time he dies he possesses the body closest to him. Now the government is after him as they want to use him as an agent. Bloody, violent, irreverent and hilarious!
    • 4/5
      Demon's story begins with Jimmy. Jimmy is attempting to commit suicide in a hotel room, only to wake up the next morning. He tries again, and again, and again. Slowly he begins to realize that something is very, very wrong. Jimmy has just discovered he is a demon. As a demon, he has the unique ability to possess the body of the nearest individual to him when his current host body dies. Consequently, Jimmy cannot die. But they're on to Jimmy, and Jimmy will have to use every resource, every body at his disposal to live on, after all. Demon Volume 1 is quite the graphic novel. The forward of the book says it all - "If you are a child (infer sensitive to gore and/or death, penises, etc.) please put this book down slowly and walk away.." Yet there is something quite fascinating here. While the reader may - perhaps, should? - cringe and gag while observing Shiga's depictions of suicide and murder, they can't help but be sucked in. It will be very interesting to see where Demon travels in the next volumes. The body count will be high. Very. High.
    • 3/5
      Jimmy Yee decides to commit suicide, but he keeps waking up in his motel room after each attempt. Midway through the book, he realizes he has become a demon somehow and his essence is bodyjumping with each death.This book came as highly recommended from several critical sources, but I guess I just don't get Shiga. (I was also disappointed with his Empire State.) Although I chuckled here and there with some of the dark humor, I mostly felt "meh" about this book. Despite it ending on a cliffhanger, I don't plan on going on to finish the other three volumes of this title.
    • 3/5
      Quick read, violent graphic novel. Interesting concept of a man trying to kill himself, but keeps waking up the next day perfectly fine… or so he thinks. Can’t wait to get my hands on the other volumes.
    • 4/5
      reviewed from uncorrected egalley.

      graphic novel. NOT FOR KIDS. Clever and original new series that will make you root for the main character, even though he's horrible.
    • 4/5
      Demon's story begins with Jimmy. Jimmy is attempting to commit suicide in a hotel room, only to wake up the next morning. He tries again, and again, and again. Slowly he begins to realize that something is very, very wrong. Jimmy has just discovered he is a demon. As a demon, he has the unique ability to possess the body of the nearest individual to him when his current host body dies. Consequently, Jimmy cannot die. But they're on to Jimmy, and Jimmy will have to use every resource, every body at his disposal to live on, after all.

      Demon Volume 1 is quite the graphic novel. The forward of the book says it all - "If you are a child (infer sensitive to gore and/or death, penises, etc.) please put this book down slowly and walk away.." Yet there is something quite fascinating here. While the reader may - perhaps, should? - cringe and gag while observing Shiga's depictions of suicide and murder, they can't help but be sucked in. It will be very interesting to see where Demon travels in the next volumes. The body count will be high. Very. High.

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