Say Anything’s frontman Max Bemis makes his comic debut in this personal exploration of super powers! From the mind of SAY ANYTHING frontman Max Bemis comes POLARITY, a manic-depressive spin on the superhero genre. Timothy Woods is a bipolar artist stuck in the world of hipsters, meaningless sex, and vain art -- better known as Brooklyn. But after he survives a near fatal car accident, Timothy discovers that his mental instability is more than just a disorder, and that his bipolar medication hasn't just been subduing depression and uncontrollable mania...it's been suppressing his super powers! Now it's time for Timothy to stand up to his disease alongside an onslaught of wretched human villainy as he finally finds his place in the world. This collection collects the entire four-issue limited series along with an exclusive acoustic four song EP composed and recorded specifically as a companion to the graphic novel! Unlikely hero gets unexpected superpowers, fights for justice, defeats the baddie, and gets the girl—typical superhero plot, sure. But Tim Woods’ powers come from his bipolar-disorder meds, and his fight for justice takes the form of a viciously satisfying takedown of Brooklyn hipster culture. Once Tim catches on that his manic episodes cause more than just public nudity and paranoia, he starts small—outing the hypocrisy of the hipster elite at a loft party—and moves up to the big leagues: defeating the crackpot psychiatrist who has been manipulating his patients to create an army of weaponized psychotics. Bemis’ tongue-in-cheek dialogue is insouciantly self-aware—I’m the guy reluctantly making it safe to be a douchey indie rocker in a gentrified former ghetto, you big ugly mammoth—but Coelho’s gorgeous full-color art saves it from being a mere joke by bringing vivid life to Tim’s mania and adding a much-needed touch of pathos in delicately rendered facial expressions. Though the plot is nothing new, the hipster-bashing trappings and entrancing art certainly make up for it. --Sarah Hunter Max Bemis is the lead singer and primary lyricist of the band Say Anything. He is also co-singer alongside Chris Conley of the supergroup Two Tongues, which features members from Say Anything and Saves the Day. Other side music projects include Perma as well as Max Bemis and the Painful Splits. A life long comic fan, POLARITY is Bemis’s debut as a comic creator. Jorge Coelho is a Portuguese illustrator and comic book artist. Coelho studied Graphic Arts and Communication at António Arroio School of Arts from Lisbon, and is an amatuer bass player.