Knights of Sidonia, Volume 13

TsutomuNiheiisaninternationallyknownJapanesecomicartistanddraftsman.Bornin1971,Niheimadehisdebutinthecomicsworldasthewinnerofthe1995AfternoonMagazineFourSeasonsAwardforshortstories.HethenbrieflyworkedasanassistanttoveterancomickerTsutomuTakahashibeforemakinghisbreak-throughhitBLAME!(publishedbyTokyopop).TheBLAME!franchisewassowellreceivedworldwide,thatitinspiredananimatedmini-seriesandeventuallydrewtheattentionofMarvelComicsintheUS.NiheiwouldlatergoontodrawWolverine(X-Men)andHALOcomicsforMarveltogreatfanfare.Anarchitecturalstudent,Nihei'searlyworkweremainlywordless,relyingonvisualsandbackgroundstotelltheirstories.Now,hisworksaredeeplyrootedinhardscience-fiction,aswasseeninthemultipleNYTimesBestsellingbooksHALO:TheGraphicNovel(publishedbyMarvelComics)andBIOmega(publishedbyVizMedia).,,