Deep Sleeper

by Phil Hester, Mike Huddleston (Illustrator)

Cole Gibson is haunted by vivid and terrifying nightmares that cripple his career and alienate his family. He soon discovers his dreams are merely doorways into a separate, hidden level of reality populated by beings beyond imagining. The menacing forces lurking in this realm crave one prize above all - Cole Gibson's soul.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction

144 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 2011

About the author

This Eisner Award-nominated artist was born in eastern Iowa, where he went on to study at the University of Iowa. His pencilling credits include Swamp Thing, Brave New World, Flinch, Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Clerks: The Lost Scene, The Crow: Waking Nightmares, The Wretch (nominated for the 1997 Eisner Award for Best New Series), Aliens: Purge, and Green Arrow.

Since graduating from the University of Iowa, he has been in the comics industry for over 15 years.

Reviews

[Alasondro Alegré]

★★★½

[Anthony]

Took me a while to get around to this one, because I typically prefer color comics to B&W, but I loved it. And boy, was I wrong about the colors -- Huddleston does SO much with so little. The artwork in this is very, very impressive: from very rigid black and white pointillism that manages to be effectively evocative, to chaotic flowing linge claire full-page spreads that draw you in and trip you out. Oh, and yeah, there's a story there too, and a damn fine one at that. This was totally up my alley; glad I finally read it, and I'll be checking out their other collaboration The Coffin post haste.

[Nicole]

2.5 ⭐

Deep Sleeper trata sobre Cole Gibson, un escritor de novelas que desde su nacimiento tiene sueños muy extraños, de esos que no se puede distinguir si son reales o no. Cada vez sus pesadillas son más realistas y comienza a darse cuenta que lo que en realidad está haciendo es viajar entre realidades.

La novela gráfica tenía muy buena pinta, y parecía muy intrigante pero la verdad que no llegó a dejarme nada.
Es entretenida y se lee rapidísimo, pero la trama si bien me encanta que sea sobre las dicotomías entre la vida y los sueños, fue bastante confusa y siento que no llegué a entender nada.
El arte es bastante lindo, creí que el estilo no me iba a gustar pero el artista hace mucho con poco, y algunas escenas son muy bellas de ver.
Me gustó que tuviera un aire bastante lovecraftiano, incluso una de las criaturas en la historia casi parece ser Cthulhu.

Seguramente en un futuro le de otra oportunidad, pero por ahora se queda con 2.5 ✨

[John]

Phil Hester (The Atheist, The Wretch, Mystic, Firebreather) and Mike Huddleston (Butcher Baker) are two of the most underappreciated comic creators, in my opinion.

As such, here is a relatively effort after their cult success with The Coffin. This is kind of indie Sandman. Great art and great extras.

It's not their best work--but its good work.

[Mauro Emmanuel]

no entendí

[Brody Haley]

Interesting premise… but I think it needed more than four issues to fully flesh out.

[eHawk]

Stories that get into ideas about dreams and moving around on the lines between dreams and reality are really cool...it's a tradition that goes through a lot of fantastical story lines.

This interpretation is pretty great, with some awesome black and white ink work that is pretty exciting.

[Mel Georgiou]

The art in this book is amazing - great Lovecraftian atmosphere. Recommended for the art style alone, but the story discusses events of the astral plane, seperation of body and soul - worth checking out and I'm happy to let you borrow my copy!

[K T]

Hmm, the art was pleasing and once the story got moving it kept my attention. Very preachy with the life lessons, and the characters didn't grab me, but nice enough.

[Jacob]

misprinted page in 2nd chapter.

[furious]

3.5 stars

[beau]

8.5/10
Is cool

[Michelle Lloyd]

Aptly named. Because it turned me into one. SO. BORED.