Is there a more reliable team in comics than Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips? The duo have released hit after hit with books like Fatale, Reckless, Houses of the Unholy and more. But their magnum opus? Criminal. And the series will finally return this September after five years away with The Knives, a brand new OGN from Image Comics.
In the new book, Brubaker and Phillips will revisit three characters from the series: Jacob Kurtz, Angie, and Tracy Lawless. Jacob is headed to Hollywood to work on an adaptation of his comic strip, only to get caught in a real estate scheme. Angie is headed for vengeance against the city’s kingpin. And Tracy is back home from the Special Forces, but in very bad shape. And of course, these three stories collide.
“A few years ago someone reached out to me to return some of my uncle’s lost possessions, after his family estate had been plundered, and bizarrely, that sparked the inspiration for what I hope is the biggest and best Criminal book yet. A crime story about one generation growing up in the life, another growing older and trying to get out of it, and Hollywood, somehow, too,” said Brubaker via a press release provided to Comic Book Club. “This book is an epic, the longest original graphic novel we’ve ever done, and it’s been a joy to return to this series and these characters, especially after spending most of the last three years watching them come to life on set and screen. I can’t wait to get this book into readers’ hands.”
This not-so-coincidentally comes around the same time Amazon is prepping a live-action series based on Criminal, starring Charlie Hunnam, Luke Evans, and Emilia Clarke. Brubaker is serving as showrunner, and the first season will cover Criminal, Volume One: Coward and Criminal, Volume Two: Lawless.
The Knives hits comic book shops on August 27, and bookstores on September 9. Check out the cover and pages below, and click for larger versions.
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