| Cryptozoic Man | |
|---|---|
 Cover of the first issue of Cryptozoic Man | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Dynamite Entertainment |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | October 2013 – May 2014 |
| No. of issues | 4 (of 4) |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Bryan Johnson Walt Flanagan |
| Written by | Bryan Johnson |
| Artist | Walt Flanagan |
| Penciller | Walt Flanagan |
| Inker | Chris Ivy |
| Letterer | Marshall Dillon |
| Colorist | Wayne Jansen |
| Collected editions | |
| Cryptozoic Man | ISBN 978-1606905265 |
Cryptozoic Man is a four-issue comic book limited series by Bryan Johnson and Walt Flanagan, published from October 2013 to May 2014.12 Flanagan described the series as the "creepiest cosmic spookshow ever witnessed!"3
Publication history
The concept debuted on the AMC reality series Comic Book Men in which Johnson and Flanagan star. The other co-stars of Comic Book Men are also involved in the development of Cryptozoic Man.
Plot
Alan Ostman, a middle-aged husband/father, sees his life quickly unravel when his daughter goes missing on a camping trip in the Pacific Northwest...Bigfoot country. After Gray aliens abduct him from a roadside bar, he learns that the fate of the world is dependent on trapping the world's most legendary cryptids.4
The comic centers on a character who is an amalgamation of a human being and legendary creatures like Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and the Jersey Devil.2
Collected editions
The series has been collected into a trade paperback:
- Cryptozoic Man (collected issues #1-4, 112 pages, Dynamite Entertainment, October 2014, ISBN 978-1606905265)
References
References
- Cryptozoic Man at the Grand Comics Database
- Sunu, Steve (December 30, 2013). "Flanagan & Johnson Amalgamate Dynamite's "Cryptozoic Man"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 31, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
- "Comic Book Men's Walt Flanagan On Cryptozoic Man". Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News. 2013-11-25. Retrieved 2017-05-11.
- "Dynamite® Cryptozoic Man #1 (Of 4)". dynamite.com. Retrieved 2017-05-11.