{"product_id":"pearl-volume-1-paperback","title":"Pearl Volume 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrian Michael Bendis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMichael Gaydos\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling, Peabody, and multi-Eisner award-winning writer Brian Michael Bendis (\u003ci\u003eSuperman\u003c\/i\u003e) and superstar \u003ci\u003eJessica Jones\u003c\/i\u003e co-creator Michael Gaydos begin a masterful saga involving art, crime, loyalty, and passion.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePearl Tanaka's an outsider among outsiders. A Japanese American with albinism, she was born into a world ruled by the American yakuza. Now she uses her unequaled skills as a tattoo artist to make a living in San Francisco, and all that she owes to the yakuza is the occasional kickback from her shop. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThat all changes the day that she meets Rick Araki...and saves his life. Rick is another tattoo artist, who's run afoul of a different yakuza clan. By interfering with their hit on him, Pearl risks drawing her patron into a deadly gang war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWorse, Pearl has revealed to her yakuza bosses one of her deepest secrets: she has a talent for killing. Now, to pay off her debt, she must become an assassin for her yakuza clan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Pearl Tanaka's secrets run more than just skin deep... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCollects \u003ci\u003ePearl\u003c\/i\u003e #1-#6.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Michael Bendis\u003c\/b\u003e is an American comic book writer and artist. He has won five Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various Marvel Comics books. Starting with crime and noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero work. With Bill Jemas and Mark Millar, Bendis was the primary architect of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, launching \u003ci\u003eUltimate Spider-Man\u003c\/i\u003e in 2000. He relaunched the Avengers franchise with \u003ci\u003eNew Avengers\u003c\/i\u003e in 2004, and has also written the Marvel event storylines Secret War (2004-2005), House of M (2005), Secret Invasion (2008), Siege (2010) and Age of Ultron (2013). In addition to writing comics, Brendis has worked in television, video games and film. He has also taught courses on Graphic Novels at University of Oregon and Portland State University. In 2014, Bendis wrote \u003ci\u003eWords for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels, \u003c\/i\u003e a book about comics published by Random House.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9.8 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 05, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766805463328,"sku":"9781506729329","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e7b84838cd2508a9884169484f3c6ff2.webp?v=1780299355","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pearl-volume-1-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}