''Trillium'' is a creator owned 8-issue comic series by

Jeff Lemire Jeff Lemire (; born March 21, 1976) is a Canadian comic book writer, artist, and television producer. He is the author of critically acclaimed titles including the '' Essex County Trilogy'', '' Sweet Tooth'', and '' The Nobody''. His written work ...

, published by

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in 2013. Lemire's '' Sweet Tooth'' collaborator

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is the colorist, while Carlos M. Mangual is the letterer. The story is an inter-dimensional, time traveling love story between two explorers in two different time periods: William Pike, a

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veteran on an expedition to the lost temples of the

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in 1921, and Nika Temsmith, a

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researching a strange flower on the outer-rim of colonized space in 3797. Separated by thousands of years, William and Nika's budding love threatens the fabric of the universe. Lemire stated that the work of

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and

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, and contemporary comic series ''

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'', had a major influence on his story. ''Trillium'' is written and illustrated by Lemire, who is known for his creator owned graphic novels, ''Lost Dogs'', '' Essex County'', '' The Underwater Welder'', and comic book series, '' Sweet Tooth''. ''Trillium'' is his third title with Vertigo.

Eisner Awards

''Trillium'' received an

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nomination in 2014 for Best Limited Series.

Collected editions

References

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