Reel Love: The Complete Collection

Created by Owen Michael Johnson

"Energetic artwork and heartfelt storytelling…I loved Reel Love." Jeff Lemire (Essex County Trilogy, The Underwater Welder)

"An honest, bold, and ambitious story about the significance of Cinema, the yearning for love, and the need for validation. Deeply satisfying" - Frank Quitely (All-Star Superman, We3)

In a quiet corner of rural England, the lights go down in a small cinema and one little boy is changed for ever. Fuelled by the flickering images of the silver screen, his imagination takes flight, and his life is transformed as friendships and adventures appear and unfold, shaping the person he will become…
Told in three acts, Reel Love is an exquisitely observed story about the magic of cinema, the heartache of loss and the pains of growing up.

Hardcover. 160 pages. Collects Reel Love Acts 1-3.

Reviews for Reel Love The Complete Collection:

"An unforgettably powerful and deeply resonant exploration of the complex relationship between time, memory, and the passions that shape us…a truly triumphant breakout work" - Andy Oliver, prominent graphic novel critic/Broken Frontier

"The framework of film, the love of story, is encoded into the book at the genetic level and it gives every page both immediacy and elegance" - Bleeding Cool

"Expertly drawn, exuberantly planned, wildly funny and clear eyed, Reel Love is an absolute gem. If you’ve ever left a movie humming the theme tune, this is for you" - Alasdair Stuart, staff writer Tor.com/Barnes & Noble

"Reel Love is a remarkable, luminous story of self-discovery that reminds you what it’s like to fall in love and how happiness and contentment are often found in the overlooked and the trivial, frequently in the most unexpected places" - Tim Cundle, Tripwire Magazine