Canopus #4

Canopus

by Dave Chisholm, James Pruett (Editor)

All of the mysteries are revealed! With the apparent truth in tow and launch imminent, Helen's plan to escape the orbit of Canopus proves to be less-than-ideal. In the aftermath, Arther helps her find the heart of the matter as Helen comes face-to-face with her past. Spine-chilling revelations meet mind-blowing action in this poignant, cathartic, satisfying conclusion.

27 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 22, 2020

About the author

Dave Chisholm is a graphic novelist and musician currently living in Rochester, NY where he received his doctorate in jazz trumpet from the Eastman School of Music in 2013. His expertise in music as well as his formal inventiveness within the comics medium has resulted in a string of critically-acclaimed music-centric graphic novels including Miles Davis & the Search for the Sound (2023, Z2 Comics), Enter the Blue (2022, Z2 Comics), and Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California (2020, Z2 Comics). His most recent releases SPECTRUM (Mad Cave Studios)--a trippy exploration of a funhouse-mirror version of 20th-century music history framed by an eternal battle in the realm of music and sound made in collaboration with writer Rick Quinn--and PLAGUE HOUSE (Oni Press)--an inventive rethinking of the haunted house genre made in collaboration with writer Michael W Conrad--demonstrate his breadth.

Hailed by ComicsBeat as "one of the most exciting comic auteurs working in comics today," Chisholm also has a passion for education and teaches comics and music at the Hochstein School and the Rochester Institute of Technology. 

In his free time, Dave enjoys spending time with his wife, son, and cats.

Reviews

[Matt Graupman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finally it has come! After a lengthy coronavirus-related delay, Dave Chisholm’s cathartic metaphysical space opera, “Canopus,” comes to its heartrending conclusion. In a series marked by deep emotions and audacious, creative cartooning, “Canopus #4” ups the ante even farther, featuring some of Chisholm’s most inventive layouts, thrilling storytelling, and moody pencils. The quality of this comic is certainly on par with his graphic novel masterwork, “Instrumental,” but “Canopus” is possibly even more impressive given the sheer scope of its story. It’s astonishing! I don’t know what else I can say after heaping compliment after compliment on it in my reviews of the previous three issues. Dave Chisholm is a humble gentleman and his love for the medium of comics - and its nearly limitless possibilities - shines through on every page of this labor of love. You’re simply not going to read a more bittersweet, affecting comic series from a nicer guy this year than “Canopus.” Bravo!