π: The Book of Ants

by Darren Aronofsky (writer), Edward Ross Flynn (artist)

Published by Artisan Entertainment Distributed by Dark Horse Comics Based on the film by Darren Aronofsky (winner of the best director's award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival), Pi is a science fiction thriller about the haunting journey into the genius mind of renegade mathematician Maximillian Cohen. For the past ten years, Max has been attempting to decode the numerical pattern beneath the ultimate system of ordered chaos -- the stock market.

Genres: Graphic Novels Comics

32 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Darren S. Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. He attended Harvard University and AFI to study both live-action and animation film theory, where he met long-time collaborator Matthew Libatique. He won several film awards after completing his senior thesis film, "Supermarket Sweep", starring Sean Gullette, which went on to become a National Student Academy Award finalist.

Aronofsky did not make a feature film until five years later, creating the concept for his debut feature, π, in February 1996. The low-budget, $60,000 production, starring Sean Gullette, was sold to Artisan Entertainment for $1 million, and grossed over $3 million; it won both a Sundance Film Festival award and an Independent Spirit Award. Aronofsky's followup, Requiem for a Dream, was based on the novel of the same name written by Hubert Selby, Jr. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Ellen Burstyn's performance. After turning down an opportunity to direct Batman Begins, Aronofsky began production on his third film, The Fountain. The film was released to mixed reviews and poor box office results.

However, his next film, The Wrestler, rebounded with positive reviews and healthy box office. Both of the film's stars, Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei, received Academy Award nominations. Rourke also won a Golden Globe for Best Actor and Bruce Springsteen won for Best Original Song for his title song. Aronofsky's next film, Black Swan, received further critical acclaim and many accolades, being nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, four Golden Globes including Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, a record 12 BFCA nominations and a DGA nomination.

Reviews

[Benjamin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a decent comic, the movie is light-years ahead of it tho.
The graphic style can be found lacking, and is very crude, but the general outline of the story(movie) is centered here.

[Atlas · Rating 4 out of 5]

When I was little, my mother told me not to look at the sun. So, once when I was six, I did.