Demon (comics)


Demon is a comic by Jason Shiga. The comic, which follows a man who apparently cannot die, won an Eisner Award and an Ignatz Award.

History

Shiga first submitted Demon to publishers around 2014, but says that he made a number of unreasonable demands, including publishing as pamphlets, variable size of issues, an issue with no images, and no altering of any unsavory material. No publisher accepted, and instead Shiga self-published, posting out comics that he printed with a Risograph printer, as well as publishing the comic online as a webcomic. Shiga offered early online editions to people who supported him through Patreon. Demon was completed in 2016 and consisted of twenty-one issues. Demon was then picked up by publisher First Second who republished the collection as four volumes.

Plot and themes

Demon is a supernatural action series. After the death of his wife and daughter in a collision with a drunk truck driver, Jimmy Yee attempts suicide but instead of dying, he finds himself in the adjacent hotel room. Eventually, he realizes that following death his consciousness takes over the nearest person in proximity to his own corpse.
Shiga states that Demon is a homage to old superhero comics and to 1990s alternative comics.

Awards

! scope="row" | 2017
! scope="row" | 2016
! scope="row" | 2016
! scope="row" | 2014
! scope="row" | 2014