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Cages

    (Atomeka)
™ and ©1991 Dave McKean

Dave McKean is well-known as the talented artist whose work includes Batman: Arkham Asylum and Sandman. In Cages, McKean handles not only the artwork, but the story as well. The result is an intense, brilliant story in ten parts.

In some ways, this series is about the cages we build for ourselves, as seen in the lives of the people who occupy a city apartment building. One man in particular, a reclusive writer who lives upstairs, has built the tightest cage of them all. Two years ago, he channeled all the pain and grief in his life into a book critical of religion and its effect on people. That book was “Cages,” and the author was Jonathan Rush. Much like real-life author Salmon Rushdie, he was attacked by religious zealots. To this day, book-burnings of “Cages” are still held, and Rush is forced to live his life as a fugitive. But just as the caged bird is said to sing the most sweetly, his pain (and that of the other residents) is seen here with a certain poignant beauty.
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  • 1
    #1
    Dec 1990
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    8 1/2”x 11”; Published by Tundra; B&W
    2 copies from $7.99
  • 2
    #2
    May 1991
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    8 1/2”x 11”; Published by Tundra; B&W
    3 copies from $7.99
  • 3
    #3
    Aug 1991
    Cover: $3.50
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    8 1/2”x 11”; Published by Tundra; B&W
    2 copies from $4.95
  • 4
    #4
    Oct 1991
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    8 1/2”x 11”; Published by Tundra; B&W
    3 copies from $5.98
  • 5
    #5
    May 1992
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    8 1/2”x 11”; Published by Tundra; B&W
    1 copy for $9.99
  • 6
    #6
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    8 1/2”x 11”; Published by Tundra; B&W
    2 copies from $9.99
  • 7
    #7
    Jun 1993
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    8 1/2”x 11”; Published by Tundra; B&W
    2 copies from $3.00
  • 8
    #8
    Aug 1993
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    8 1/2”x 11”; Published by Kitchen Sink; B&W with 8 color pages
    1 copy for $9.98
  • 9
    #9
    Cover: $3.95
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    8 1/2”x 11”; Published by Kitchen Sink
    No copies available
  • 10
    #10
    May 1996
    Cover: $4.95
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    8 1/2”x 11”; Final Issue; Published by Kitchen Sink
    No copies available
  • Bk 1-2
    Book #1 - 2nd printing
    Cover: $50.00
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    Collects Series
    No copies available
  • Bk 1-3
    Book #1 - 3rd printing
    Cover: $29.95
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    Collects Series; ca. 2009
    No copies available
  • Bk 1-4
    Book #1 - 4th printing
    Cover: $29.99
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    Published by Dark Horse; Reprint
    No copies available
  • Bk 1/HC
    Book #1 Hardcover
    Hardcover Edition
    Cover: $44.95
    W: Dave McKean  ·  A: Dave McKean
    Collects Series
    No copies available