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| 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. [1] [2] Flanagan described the series as the "creepiest cosmic spookshow ever witnessed!" [3]
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.
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]
The series has been collected into a trade paperback: