KILL OR BE KILLED: Volume 1 and Issue #5, Due in January.
Image Comics' solicitations for January 2017 were released Tuesday, Newsarama has the details, and we see that two Brubaker-Phillips books are scheduled for that month, following a quiet December.
More specifically, the first trade paperback collection and the subsequent monthly issue of Kill Or Be Killed are both scheduled for January 18th -- and the trade collection is bargain priced at $9.99, like most first volumes from Image.
We find the list of reoffered books interesting: the current printings of the previous issues of KOBK, the trade collections of Criminal and Fatale, and the deluxe editions of Scene of the Crime and The Fade Out. The trade collections of the latter -- Acts One through Three -- aren't being reoffered, and that fits with the idea that the single-volume hardcover is the definitive collection.
(After those trades go out of print, we wouldn't be surprised if Image offers a standard-sized, paperback edition of the single-volume version, perhaps without the complete set of bonus features. The book would be roughly the same length as Watchmen, to which we think The Fade Out compares quite well.)
On Twitter, Ed Brubaker explains the team's practice of publishing a trade collection on the same day as the next arc's first issue: for the last 12 years(!), Brubaker and Phillips have been pretty consistent in producing 10 books a year, so they need only one month off between arcs.
Brubaker also relays that the individual issues continue to be immediate sellouts, so he urges readers to tell their retailers if they're having trouble finding the book, and he reminds retailers that
the final order cut-off (FOC) date is evidently this upcoming Monday, October 24th, for November's KOBK #4 and "new printings of 1 - 3."
(This implies a second printing for KOBK #3, which is news to us.)
Brubaker also provided a look at Sean Phillips' full wraparound cover for KOBK Volume 1, which we're reprinting above, and following a compliment for the painted covers, the writer responded, "Wait until you see #6. It's even better."
More specifically, the first trade paperback collection and the subsequent monthly issue of Kill Or Be Killed are both scheduled for January 18th -- and the trade collection is bargain priced at $9.99, like most first volumes from Image.
KILL OR BE KILLED, VOL. 1 TP
STORY: ED BRUBAKER
ART: SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
COVER: SEAN PHILLIPS
JANUARY 18 / 120 PAGES / FC / M / $9.99
The darkly twisted story of a young man forced to kill bad people, and how he struggles to keep his secret as it slowly begins to ruin his life and the lives of his friends and loved ones. Both a thriller and a deconstruction of vigilantism, KILL OR BE KILLED is unlike anything this award-winning team has done before.
Collects KILL OR BE KILLED #1-4
OFFERED AGAIN
CRIMINAL, VOL. 1-7 TP
THE FADE OUT DELUXE HC
FATALE, VOL. 1-5 TP
SCENE OF THE CRIME DELUXE HC
KILL OR BE KILLED #5
STORY: ED BRUBAKER
ART: SEAN PHILLIPS & ELIZABETH BREITWEISER
COVER: SEAN PHILLIPS
JANUARY 18 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99
NEW STORY ARC
BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS’ runaway bestseller just keeps going! Now that we've seen the origin of our killer, it's only a matter of time before the NYPD realizes they have a vigilante on their streets.
The first issue of this new arc releases the same day as the first KILL OR BE KILLED trade, and is a perfect jumping on point for readers who've missed out so far. And every issue has all the backpage extras that BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS fans have come to expect.
OFFERED AGAIN
KILL OR BE KILLED #1-4 (CURRENT PRINTINGS)
We find the list of reoffered books interesting: the current printings of the previous issues of KOBK, the trade collections of Criminal and Fatale, and the deluxe editions of Scene of the Crime and The Fade Out. The trade collections of the latter -- Acts One through Three -- aren't being reoffered, and that fits with the idea that the single-volume hardcover is the definitive collection.
(After those trades go out of print, we wouldn't be surprised if Image offers a standard-sized, paperback edition of the single-volume version, perhaps without the complete set of bonus features. The book would be roughly the same length as Watchmen, to which we think The Fade Out compares quite well.)
On Twitter, Ed Brubaker explains the team's practice of publishing a trade collection on the same day as the next arc's first issue: for the last 12 years(!), Brubaker and Phillips have been pretty consistent in producing 10 books a year, so they need only one month off between arcs.
Brubaker also relays that the individual issues continue to be immediate sellouts, so he urges readers to tell their retailers if they're having trouble finding the book, and he reminds retailers that
the final order cut-off (FOC) date is evidently this upcoming Monday, October 24th, for November's KOBK #4 and "new printings of 1 - 3."
(This implies a second printing for KOBK #3, which is news to us.)
Brubaker also provided a look at Sean Phillips' full wraparound cover for KOBK Volume 1, which we're reprinting above, and following a compliment for the painted covers, the writer responded, "Wait until you see #6. It's even better."
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