num_pages: 192
description: Welcome to Astro City, a shining city on a hill where super-heroes patrol the skies. Each chapter in this collection is a standalone story, highlighting different aspects or characters in the Astro City world. The city's leading super-hero tries to be everywhere at once, and berates himself for every wasted second as he longs for just a moment of his own. A smalltime hood learns a hero's secret identity, and tries to figure out how to profit from the knowledge. A beat reporter gets some advice from his editor on his first day on the job. A young woman tries to balance the demands of her family with her own hopes and desires. Despite the fantastic settings, the characters in these slice-of-life stories feel like real people, and that gives the stories real power.
language: English
title: Astro City : Life in the Big City
titlecomplete: Astro City : Life in the Big City
genres: Sequential Art, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book, Science Fiction, Superheroes, Comics, Fantasy, Comix, Fiction, Graphic Novels
ratings_count: 10293
series: Astro City
awards: awardedAt: 820483200000
name: Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards
category: Best Single Issue ("Safeguards"), Best New Series, Best Cover Artist (for Alex Ross)
publisher: IMAGE COMICS +