{"id":22238,"date":"2022-03-01T15:00:14","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=22238"},"modified":"2022-03-01T15:00:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T21:00:14","slug":"your-first-look-at-matz-and-luc-jacamons-the-killer-affairs-of-the-state-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2022\/03\/01\/your-first-look-at-matz-and-luc-jacamons-the-killer-affairs-of-the-state-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Your First Look at Matz and Luc Jacamon\u2019s THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE #2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u00a0BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at\u00a0THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE #2<\/strong>, the next issue in the return of the Eisner Award-nominated series by acclaimed French artist Luc Jacamon and writer Matz (The Black Dahlia<\/em>), 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

The gang wars within the city intensify thanks to the suspicious death of a prominent drug runner. Barbara, the Killer and Nicolas\u2019s handler, introduces them to another undercover agent working to infiltrate the gang of a corrupt city hall official. Can they leverage the connection to give the official the \u201cnegative treatment\u201d \u2014 and take him off the board for good?<\/p>\n

THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE #2<\/strong>\u00a0features all-new main cover art by series artist and global star illustrator Jacamon, and variant covers by highly acclaimed artists DANI (The Low, Low Woods<\/em>) and Tamra Bonvillain, and Toni Infante (We Only Find Them When They\u2019re Dead<\/em>).<\/p>\n

THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE<\/strong>\u00a0is 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<\/em>\u00a0by Frank \u201cBig Black\u201d Smith, Jared Reinmuth, and Am\u00e9ziane,\u00a0We Served the People<\/em>\u00a0by Emei Burell,\u00a0New World<\/em>\u00a0by David Jesus Vignolli,\u00a0About Betty\u2019s Boob<\/em>\u00a0by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau,\u00a0Eighty Days\u00a0<\/em>by A.C. Esguerra,\u00a0Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure\u00a0<\/em>by Jeff Jensen and George Schall,\u00a0The Short While\u00a0<\/em>by Jeremy Sorese, as well as licensed series including Sabaa Tahir\u2019s\u00a0An Ember in the Ashes<\/em>,\u00a0Lev Grossman\u2019s The Magicians<\/em>,\u00a0Jim Henson\u2019s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Jim Henson\u2019s Labyrinth: Coronation.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Print copies of\u00a0THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE #2<\/strong>\u00a0will be available for sale on March 30, 2022 exclusively at local comic book shops (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. \u00a0<\/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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