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How would you like to be a T-Rex for the day? Be able to fly? Or inhabit your worst enemy’s body just for a day?
Imagine being able to become any animal in the world – you taste what they taste, feel what they feel, see what they see. Now imagine being able to be any animal from history.
Great, right? But there’s a Someone just tried to kill you and frame you for murder, and you don’t know who or why. Join us on a thrilling ride to meet the coolest creatures ever to have lived.
The art and story will hook readers of all ages.
Imagine being able to become any animal in the world – you taste what they taste, feel what they feel, see what they see. Now imagine being able to be any animal from history.
Great, right? But there’s a Someone just tried to kill you and frame you for murder, and you don’t know who or why. Join us on a thrilling ride to meet the coolest creatures ever to have lived.
The art and story will hook readers of all ages.
224 pages, Hardcover
First published July 15, 2013
1 person is currently reading
27 people want to read
About the author
Brian Haberlin
453 books14 followersAn award-winning comic book artist, writer, editor and producer, Brian began his career in comics working at Top Cow Productions, where he co-created the Witchblade franchise. He co-founded Avalon Studios, which published many successful fantasy and sci-fi titles, including: Stone, Aria, Area 52 and M-Rex to name a few.
Brian also served for two years as Editor-in-Chief of Todd McFarlane Productions and penciled and inked its flagship title, Spawn. He currently writes and illustrates Faster Than Light and the upcoming Fury Formula comics series. Brian teaches comic art at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and his work is in the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Museum.
Brian also served for two years as Editor-in-Chief of Todd McFarlane Productions and penciled and inked its flagship title, Spawn. He currently writes and illustrates Faster Than Light and the upcoming Fury Formula comics series. Brian teaches comic art at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and his work is in the permanent collection at the Smithsonian Museum.
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May 7, 2016
4 Stars
This was a very fun and cool way to watch, read, listen, and interact with a graphic novel. The science fiction and adventure story kept me glued to the screen. There is a huge future in interactive novels designed for tablet experience. Music, voicing, reading, video, and more all combine for a wonderful experience. Shifter is worth the $2.99 price for both the cool experience and the story as well.
I look forward to more like this.
This was a very fun and cool way to watch, read, listen, and interact with a graphic novel. The science fiction and adventure story kept me glued to the screen. There is a huge future in interactive novels designed for tablet experience. Music, voicing, reading, video, and more all combine for a wonderful experience. Shifter is worth the $2.99 price for both the cool experience and the story as well.
I look forward to more like this.
February 19, 2021
3.75 rounded up
Upside:
Amazing art with a very interesting premise (being able to summon and control any animal from the past few hundred million years). This premise has lots of potential and I really loved seeing some of the extinct animals. I like that the creatures shown weren't
Downside:
I found the set-up that justifies the premise feels a bit too contrived and some of the plot elements also feel this way. The characters don't feel that compelling and the evil conspiracy people seem too cartoony.
Upside:
Amazing art with a very interesting premise (being able to summon and control any animal from the past few hundred million years). This premise has lots of potential and I really loved seeing some of the extinct animals. I like that the creatures shown weren't
Downside:
I found the set-up that justifies the premise feels a bit too contrived and some of the plot elements also feel this way. The characters don't feel that compelling and the evil conspiracy people seem too cartoony.
December 31, 2020
The interactive experience with this graphic novel made it so cool! I really enjoyed the storyline, the art and the narration. Will Wheaton is great! This was one of the coolest reading experiences! More graphic novels should be done this way.
October 19, 2013
This feels like an almost-there Brian K Vaughn book to me. I haven't read Anomaly or other books by the creators, but I did enjoy this read. Was hoping for a bigger reveal by the end, or some direct connection between the opening sequence and the end of the story.
I also would like a real delve into what Jeeves meant when he said to a near-unconscious Noah "what makes you think I am just a computer?"
It wasn't quite preachy, which I appreciated, while still addressing ethical dilemmas and real-world problems even the bad guys are - in their own twisted way - trying to deal with.
The art is fantastic, one of the coolest painted comics I've seen in a long time.
I also would like a real delve into what Jeeves meant when he said to a near-unconscious Noah "what makes you think I am just a computer?"
It wasn't quite preachy, which I appreciated, while still addressing ethical dilemmas and real-world problems even the bad guys are - in their own twisted way - trying to deal with.
The art is fantastic, one of the coolest painted comics I've seen in a long time.
June 26, 2014
I read this graphic novel on my Kindle- an interactive version that has voice acting, and has places where you can click for more information. It was a really great format. Story was good too- about a regular guy named Noah who stumbles onto a shifter device in a cave run by a computer he calls Jeeves, that allows him to inhabit the bodies of various creatures who have lived on the earth at various times. Everything from dinosaurs to bugs to other humans.
Would love to read more books in this format.
Would love to read more books in this format.
March 21, 2016
I really enjoyed this. yes, the plot is cliche and highly underdeveloped but I love Noah and the art (minus the mouth area - too video game graphic in style) and kudos to referencing a stranger in a strange land by heinlein. I grok it.
April 10, 2014
this was a fun read
December 9, 2013
Review will be posted here after it posts at its place of origin.
April 13, 2014
Skimmed. interesting, good for the YA crowd
June 28, 2014
Read via app. Quite fun and entertaining. ^_^
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