Astro City Art

Kurt Busiek's Astro City is a comic book series centered on a fictional American city of that name. Written by Kurt Busiek, the series is co-created and illustrated by Brent Anderson with character designs and painted covers by Alex Ross. The metro area of Astro City is a mecca for super-powered beings, largely because Air Ace, the first public superhero and a decorated veteran, established residency there shortly after World War I. The series has established a large cast of characters, from small cameo roles of a few panels to full center stage attention spanning several issues. The series is an anthology that focuses on different characters living within Astro City, using a wide range of viewpoints The essential hook of Astro City is that it explores how people — both ordinary people and the heroes and villains themselves — react to living in their world.