Pressure. An underwater welder on an oil rig off the Nova Scotia coast, Jack is used to the pressures of deep-sea work. Nothing, however, could prepare him for the pressures of impending fatherhood. As Jack dives deeper and deeper, he seems to pull further and further away from his young wife and their unborn son. But then, something happens deep on the ocean floor. Jack has a strange and mind-bending encounter that will change the course of his life forever!Equal parts blue-collar character study and mind-bending science fiction epic, The Underwater Welder explores fathers and sons, birth and death, memory and truth, and the treasures we all bury deep down inside.”It’s a striking evocation of the Canadian Maritimes, and a moving meditation on what haunts us and how we struggle to keep those specters at bay.” – New York Times
About Artists & Writers:
Jeff Lemireis a prolific, award-winning comic book writer and artist from Ontario, who’s known for creating literary stories depicting the frailties, fears, and hopes of the human condition.He’s worked extensively with all the major comic book publishers, penning well-received runs onAnimal Man,Green Arrow,Hawkeye, andOld Man Loganfor DC and Marvel. His creator-owned works, which are even more highly aclaimed, includeThe Underwater Welder,The Essex County Trilogy,andLost Dogsfrom Top Shelf Productions;Descender,A.D. After Death(with Scott Snyder,) andRoyal City, from Image; andSweet Tooth,Trillium, andThe Nobodyfrom Vertigo. His original graphic novelRoughneckwas published by Simon and Schuster in 2017.Jeff won the Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist in 2008 forEssex County, and again in 2013 forThe Underwater WelderandSweet Tooth. He’s been a nominee for multiple Eisner awards, a Harvery Award, and the Ignatz Award.DescenderandThe Underwater Welderhave both been optioned for major motion pictures.He lives in Toronto with his family.