Canopus #3

Canopus

by Dave Chisholm

Stranded on a distant planet, scientist Helen Sterling uncovers the shocking truths behind her past and the purpose of her mission.

28 pages, Paperback

Published June 1, 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]

After piling up question after question in the first two issues of the series, Dave Chisholm’s “Canopus #3” goes for the throat - and the heartstrings - and begins to explain just what the heck is going on with Helen Sterling. By literally exploring what lies underneath the surface, she learns the shocking truth behind the reason she’s in space in the first place. Of the first three issues, this latest one is definitely the most action-packed and it continues the streak of Chisholm’s layouts getting more and more inventive (there’s a stunning spread on pages 4 and 5 that, according to the creator’s Instagram, was hand drawn, which is just mind-blowing). From the lush coloring to the twists and turns of the plot, “Canopus #3” is even better than its predecessors. I’m SO excited - and more that a little sad - to see how Chisholm wraps up this epic miniseries in the next and final issue.

[Matt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Arther is my favorite character. Plot is moving along, art is still fantastic.... only 1 more issue?