{"id":16291,"date":"2019-04-23T15:41:22","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=16291"},"modified":"2019-04-23T15:41:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T20:41:22","slug":"brubaker-phillips-expose-the-comics-industry-in-bad-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2019\/04\/23\/brubaker-phillips-expose-the-comics-industry-in-bad-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS EXPOSE THE COMICS INDUSTRY IN BAD WEEKEND"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Image Comics to publish the BAD WEEKEND hardcover edition this July, ahead of San Diego Comic-Con<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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PORTLAND, OR 04\/22\/2019 \u2014 For nearly two decades, writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips have created some of the most acclaimed and hard-hitting crime comics in the medium\u2019s history\u2014and now they\u2019re exposing the seedy underbelly of the comic book industry itself. Their latest collaboration,\u00a0Bad Weekend<\/em>, explores comics history through the genre lens of crime fiction, bringing readers on a dark ride through the secret history of an industry that\u2019s always been haunted by crooks, swindlers, and desperate dreamers. Image Comics will publish\u00a0Bad Weekend<\/em>\u2014the ultimate comic convention crime tale\u2014as a hardcover this July, ahead of San Diego Comic-Con.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Bad Weekend<\/em>, we meet Hal Crane, a legendary cartoonist who\u2019s been around since the earliest days of comics. Hal knows that comics won\u2019t just break your heart. Comics will kill you. Stuck at an out-of-town convention waiting to receive a lifetime achievement award, Crane must confront a history of old grudges and terrible mistakes.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like this is a comic I’ve been writing in my head most of my career,” said Brubaker. “Hal Crane isn\u2019t based on anyone in particular. But bits and pieces of his history are lifted from sad tales and sordid gossip that you hear over the years in this business, especially about the old days. Gambling. Drinking. Prostitution. Theft. Death. There\u2019s always been a darkness at the edge of comics and I wanted to explore that in\u00a0Bad Weekend<\/em>. Is this an expos\u00e9 of the industry? Sort of, but it\u2019s a love letter to the medium, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bad Weekend<\/em>\u00a0features an expanded and remastered version of the story recently serialized in issues #2 and 3 of\u00a0Criminal<\/em>, with several completely new scenes, and presented in the same gorgeous hardcover format as Brubaker and Phillip’s bestselling graphic novel\u00a0My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies<\/em>. And like every\u00a0Criminal\u00a0<\/em>graphic novel,\u00a0Bad Weekend<\/em>\u00a0is a stand-alone story that works as a singular reading experience.<\/p>\n

\nPraise for\u00a0Bad Weekend<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Criminal<\/em>:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe woozy, haunted, authentic intensity of\u00a0Bad Weekend<\/em>\u00a0proves conclusively that Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are one of the best creative teams in the world right now.\u201d \u2014New York Times<\/em>\u00a0bestselling writer\u00a0Warren Ellis<\/strong>\u00a0(Gun Machine, Castlevania<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\u201cCriminal<\/em>\u00a0is easily one of the best comics of the 21st century. Dark, dirty, and addictive, it updates and deconstructs the crime genre to tell a story that reflects the crooked soul of our times.\u201d \u2014Eisner Award-winning writer\u00a0Tom King\u00a0<\/strong>(Mr. Miracle; Sheriff of Babylon<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\u201cBad Weekend<\/em>\u00a0is the Ghost of Christmas Future that all freelancers fear. I am chilled to my core.\u201d \u2014Hugo Award-nominated writer\u00a0Kelly Sue DeConnick\u00a0<\/strong>(Bitch Planet, Captain Marvel<\/em>)<\/p>\n

\u201cFar and away the best work yet from one of the best teams in the history of comics. Essential reading.\u201d \u2014New York Times<\/em>-bestselling writer\u00a0Brian K. Vaughan<\/strong>\u00a0(Paper Girls; Saga<\/em>)<\/div>\n

Bad Weekend<\/em>\u00a0hardcover (ISBN: 978-1-5343-1440-5, Diamond Code: MAY190040) will be available in comics shops on Wednesday, July 10 and available in bookstores on Tuesday, July 16. It can be pre-ordered on\u00a0Amazon<\/a>,\u00a0Barnes & Noble<\/a>, Books-a-Million, IndieBound, and Indigo.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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