{"id":1278,"date":"2010-05-26T01:05:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-26T01:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/?p=1278"},"modified":"2010-05-31T08:51:16","modified_gmt":"2010-05-31T13:51:16","slug":"nathan-foxs-flourescent-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/?p=1278","title":{"rendered":"Nathan Fox&#8217;s Fluorescent Black available for pre-order"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1279\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1279\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/florescent_black.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1279\" title=\"florescent_black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/florescent_black-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"Fluorescent Black\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/florescent_black-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/florescent_black.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 85vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fluorescent Black is the the latest graphic novel illustrated by Kansas City&#39;s Nathan Fox.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Kansas City&#8217;s <a title=\"Nathan Fox's website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnathan.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nathan Fox<\/a> has a new graphic novel, <em>Fluorescent Black<\/em>, coming this summer from the publishers of <em>Heavy Metal<\/em>. It will be released in July and a hardbound limited edition will be sold at San Diego and New York Comic Con. It is currently available for <a title=\"Fluorescent Black preorders\" href=\"http:\/\/heavymetal.com\/shm\/product_info.php?products_id=5496\" target=\"_blank\">preorders<\/a>. The story was previously serialized in <em>Heavy Metal.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The graphic novel was written by MF Wilson, illustrated by Nathan Fox, and colored by Jeromy Cox. <em>Fluorescent Black<\/em> is one of the most popular stories featured in the adult illustrated magazine and has a massive cult following. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are very excited to be publishing <em>Fluorescent Black<\/em>. This book is like nothing else out there! It&#8217;s crazy, original and totally punk,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d says Kevin Eastman, Editor-in-Chief of <a title=\"Heavy Metal Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/heavymetal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Heavy Metal Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The novel takes the reader into the hard-hitting dark future of South East Asia where gene-tech has divided the human race into two races.\u00c2\u00a0The\u00c2\u00a0story features both a utopian and dystopian future that exist in near proximity echoing the border disputes of today. The story touches on themes like public healthcare, gene patenting, eugenics, the dangers of bio-artistry, and the limits of body modification. <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the collecting the Heavy Metal material,\u00c2\u00a0Fox says that\u00c2\u00a0the graphic novel also features &#8220;a ton of new content&#8221; including\u00c2\u00a0text pages and\u00c2\u00a0guest pin-ups.\u00c2\u00a0For more information about <em>Fluorescent Black<\/em> visit <a title=\"www.freethegene.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.freethegene.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.freethegene.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kansas City&#8217;s Nathan Fox has a new graphic novel, Fluorescent Black, coming this summer from the publishers of Heavy Metal. It will be released in July and a hardbound limited edition will be sold at San Diego and New York Comic Con. It is currently available for preorders. The story was previously serialized in Heavy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/?p=1278\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Nathan Fox&#8217;s Fluorescent Black available for pre-order&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[420,419],"tags":[231],"class_list":["post-1278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-creators","category-new-releases","tag-nathan-fox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1278\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kansascitycomics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}