In Stores Today, KILL OR BE KILLED #1 and More!
Ed Brubaker, Sean Phillips, and Elizabeth Breitweiser's newest series debuts today, with Kill Or Be Killed #1. Image Comics features the book on its homepage, describing it as a "new ongoing series" staring "a reluctant vigilante."
Brubaker's latest newsletter was sent out Monday, briefly reminding readers of the new series: "It's getting amazing advanced reviews, and a lot of great word-of-mouth, so be sure your store is saving you a copy, so you won't miss it."
He tells readers that the series isn't what we expect, but that it's both humorous and dark, and he asks us to spread the word about the book. He also includes the six-page preview that was featured in the first newsletter, but he points out that a few lines of text had been cut in the meantime.
(Check out the bottom of page 3.)
The newsletter also features behind-the-scenes artwork for two covers for Fatale, for issues #3 and #24, and even some details on a project that never saw daylight, the vampire-pirate mini-series Black Sails! Interested readers should definitely subscribe and check out the archive.
We see that KOBK is also featured in this week's slideshow of comics that have Paste Magazine's attention, and Newsarama's Best Shots feature has a mostly-positive advance review. On Sunday, Previews World published an exclusive interview with Brubaker, evidently given prior to the Eisners ceremony on July 20th.
In the interview, Ed Brubaker gives some insight to why KOBK is planned as an ongoing series:
...and, Jared at OK Comics in Leeds, England, tweets that their copies of the comic comes with an exclusive print signed by all three creators.
With all this publicity, we're intrigued, to say the least.
...and reaching your local shop today are a couple other books you might find interesting.
First, there's Liberty from Image Comics -- or more precisely, The CBLDF Presents Liberty trade paperback. It evidently reprints a book we mentioned a few years back, the 2014 hardcover collection of the Liberty annuals from 2008 to 2012, benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The collection includes a rare Criminal story, presumably "No One Rides For Free," which was originally featured in 2008's Liberty Comics and was subsequently collected in the first Criminal Deluxe Edition.
Second, there's the third and final trade paperback collection of Tom Scioli's bonkers Transformers vs GI Joe, which I've mentioned before and recommended in the first Undertow Podcast. I'll be honest that, after reading all the monthly issues, I'm waiting for the deluxe edition this singular work deserves.
I might have more to say about my hopes for that deluxe edition some other time, but we'll definitely have more about Kill Or Be Killed, as it will be the focus of our next podcast.
Brubaker's latest newsletter was sent out Monday, briefly reminding readers of the new series: "It's getting amazing advanced reviews, and a lot of great word-of-mouth, so be sure your store is saving you a copy, so you won't miss it."
He tells readers that the series isn't what we expect, but that it's both humorous and dark, and he asks us to spread the word about the book. He also includes the six-page preview that was featured in the first newsletter, but he points out that a few lines of text had been cut in the meantime.
(Check out the bottom of page 3.)
The newsletter also features behind-the-scenes artwork for two covers for Fatale, for issues #3 and #24, and even some details on a project that never saw daylight, the vampire-pirate mini-series Black Sails! Interested readers should definitely subscribe and check out the archive.
We see that KOBK is also featured in this week's slideshow of comics that have Paste Magazine's attention, and Newsarama's Best Shots feature has a mostly-positive advance review. On Sunday, Previews World published an exclusive interview with Brubaker, evidently given prior to the Eisners ceremony on July 20th.
In the interview, Ed Brubaker gives some insight to why KOBK is planned as an ongoing series:
"It just felt like an idea that, once I started digging into it, had a lot of different avenues to explore, and I wanted the freedom of an ongoing series to do that. It's a very 'what happens next?' kind of story, and few things do that as well as a monthly comic book series. Kirkman told me to aim for at least 50 issues, but we'll see."
...and, Jared at OK Comics in Leeds, England, tweets that their copies of the comic comes with an exclusive print signed by all three creators.
All copies of Kill Or Be Killed come with OK Comics Exclusive Print SIGNED by @bettieb @brubaker & @seanpphillips pic.twitter.com/zGffStIdk2— Jared of OK Comics (@OKComics) August 2, 2016
With all this publicity, we're intrigued, to say the least.
...and reaching your local shop today are a couple other books you might find interesting.
First, there's Liberty from Image Comics -- or more precisely, The CBLDF Presents Liberty trade paperback. It evidently reprints a book we mentioned a few years back, the 2014 hardcover collection of the Liberty annuals from 2008 to 2012, benefiting the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. The collection includes a rare Criminal story, presumably "No One Rides For Free," which was originally featured in 2008's Liberty Comics and was subsequently collected in the first Criminal Deluxe Edition.
Second, there's the third and final trade paperback collection of Tom Scioli's bonkers Transformers vs GI Joe, which I've mentioned before and recommended in the first Undertow Podcast. I'll be honest that, after reading all the monthly issues, I'm waiting for the deluxe edition this singular work deserves.
I might have more to say about my hopes for that deluxe edition some other time, but we'll definitely have more about Kill Or Be Killed, as it will be the focus of our next podcast.
Labels: Black Sails, Criminal, interviews, Kill Or Be Killed, previews, reviews, Undertow Podcast
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