Neverboy

by Shaun Simon, Tyler Jenkins (Illustrations)

Neverboy, a former imaginary friend, wants the real world. Julian Drag, a struggling artist, wants the imaginary.

When Neverboy's drugs wear off, the surreal hangover he's been running from sets in. And a trip down the rabbit hole is just what Julian has been dying for. When these two meet, the real and the imaginary worlds collide in chaos. Neverboy and Julian, the dreamer and the dream, will have to face who they are in order to put things right again.

This book collects the frenetic and vibrant comic series Neverboy, by the cocreator of The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Fantasy, Fiction

152 pages, Paperback

First published March 4, 2015

About the author

Shaun Simon is an American comics writer. He wrote The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys with Gerard Way, lead vocalist of My Chemical Romance, for Dark Horse Comics as well as writing Neverboy, also for Dark Horse. He also wrote Collapser with Mikey Way for DC Comics.
He is currently working on the upcoming The Umbrella Academy spinoff prequel series based on Klaus Hargreeves titled You Look Like Death due to be released starting June 2020

Reviews

[Cassandra · Rating 4 out of 5]

An endorsement from Gerard Way was all I needed to be curious enough to pick it up. This comic is a whimsical drug induced fever dream.

[Feggarow · Rating 3 out of 5]

The beginning was a bit weak for me, took me some time to get in rhythm with the story but afterwards I was really into the plot. It's really worth the time. Excellent idea, wonderful graphics.

[Dani Kass · Rating 5 out of 5]

Neverboy takes a minute to pull itself together, but once I had a sense of what was going on, it was everything I wanted it to be. The premise is so creative, and I love how it was carried out. The art is stunning, and I could stare at the planet tree, diner and imaginary friends forever. I loved it all.

[Lyndsey Asgard · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5

The concept was really cool, but I felt no connection to it.

[Jody Banman · Rating 1 out of 5]

Weak, poorly executed premise. Derivative of Neil Gaiman.

[Tgill · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'll definitely be checking out the second issue to see where this goes. Interesting idea, I'll always give a spin on imaginary friends a try

[Tomb · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have no idea what is going on. But loving the art and imaginary friends and stuff like that is right in my ball-park.

[Squiddy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Best thing I've read this morning--quite the page turner and I can't wait to see what happens next!

[Sheila McNair · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting premise, could definitely be expanded upon.

[Cid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best story concept I have seen in any medium in a long time.

Good development and artwork.