{"id":21909,"date":"2022-01-31T16:57:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:57:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=21909"},"modified":"2022-01-31T16:57:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T22:57:36","slug":"your-first-look-at-matz-and-luc-jacamons-the-killer-affairs-of-the-state-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2022\/01\/31\/your-first-look-at-matz-and-luc-jacamons-the-killer-affairs-of-the-state-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Your First Look at Matz and Luc Jacamon\u2019s THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE #1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Discover the Eisner-Nominated Series Before the Netflix Film from Acclaimed Director David Fincher in February 2022<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at\u00a0THE KILLER #1<\/strong>, the return of the Eisner Award-nominated series by acclaimed French artist Luc Jacamon and writer Matz (The Black Dahlia<\/em>), with a brand new six-issue series\u00a0AFFAIRS OF THE STATE<\/strong>, bringing readers into the Killer\u2019s high-stakes world of espionage and contract killing before the upcoming Netflix film directed by David Fincher (The Social Network<\/em>), written by Andrew Kevin Walker (Se7en<\/em>), and starring Michael Fassbender (X-Men: First Class<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Caught and put to work as an on-call assassin for the French government, Killer has to adjust to working with a handler, a partner, and living life as a civilian. An underhanded target, a City Hall employee, leads Killer and his partner, Nicolas, toward a sinister web of city-wide corruption. But while Nicolas assures Killer that it\u2019s all for the greater good, will Killer ever be able to get back to his nihilistic lifestyle, free from debt and government associations?<\/p>\n

THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE #1<\/strong>\u00a0features all-new main cover art by series artist and global star illustrator Jacamon, and variant covers by highly acclaimed artists Jonboy Meyers (Venom<\/em>), Francesco Francavilla (Afterlife with Archie<\/em>), Reiko Murakami (Refrigerator Full of Heads<\/em>), and Junggeun Yoon (Power Rangers<\/em>).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE\u00a0<\/strong>is the latest release from BOOM! Studios\u2019 award-winning Archaia imprint, home to inspiring graphic novels such as\u00a0Slaughterhouse-Five<\/em>\u00a0by Kurt Vonnegut, Ryan North, and Albert Monteys;\u00a0The Sacrifice of Darkness<\/em>\u00a0by Roxane Gay, Tracy Lynne-Oliver, and Rebecca Kirby;\u00a0Big Black: Stand at Attica\u00a0<\/em>by Frank \u201cBig Black\u201d Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Am\u00e9ziane,\u00a0We Served the People<\/em>\u00a0by Emei Burell,\u00a0New World\u00a0<\/em>by David Jesus Vignolli,\u00a0About Betty\u2019s Boob\u00a0<\/em>by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau,\u00a0Eighty Days\u00a0<\/em>by A.C. Esguerra, the upcoming\u00a0Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure<\/em>\u00a0by Jeff Jensen and George Schall, the upcoming\u00a0The Short While<\/em>\u00a0by Jeremy Sorese, as well as licensed series including Sabaa Tahir\u2019s\u00a0An Ember in the Ashes<\/em>, Lev Grossman\u2019s\u00a0The Magicians<\/em>,\u00a0Jim Henson\u2019s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Jim Henson\u2019s Labyrinth: Coronation.<\/em>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Print copies of\u00a0THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE #1\u00a0<\/strong>will be available for sale on February 23, 2022 exclusively at local comic book shop (use\u00a0comicshoplocator.com<\/a>\u00a0to find the nearest one) or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle..<\/span><\/p>\n

For continuing news on\u00a0THE KILLER<\/strong>\u00a0and more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to\u00a0boom-studios.com<\/a>\u00a0and follow\u00a0@boomstudios<\/a>\u00a0on Twitter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Matz \/ Photo by Darius Nolent<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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