{"id":22645,"date":"2022-05-19T09:11:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T14:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=22645"},"modified":"2022-05-19T09:11:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T14:11:58","slug":"power-plays-and-uncovered-plots-in-the-killer-affairs-of-the-state-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/popculturenetwork.com\/wordpress\/2022\/05\/19\/power-plays-and-uncovered-plots-in-the-killer-affairs-of-the-state-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Plays and Uncovered Plots in THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

BOOM! Studios today revealed a first look at\u00a0THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE #4<\/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

Killer and Nicolas continue to escalate the local gang wars and promote their man on the inside, while some too-clever local cops catch on to their plot, and Mayor Marchand continues to rise in power. Meanwhile, as Killer settles into his real job, will his attention be dangerously divided?<\/p>\n

THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE #4\u00a0<\/strong>features all-new main cover art by series artist and global star illustrator Jacamon, and variant covers by highly acclaimed artists Dave Johnson (Alice Ever After<\/em>) and Tula Lotay (Faithless<\/em>).<\/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\u00a0<\/em>by Emei Burell,\u00a0New World\u00a0<\/em>by David Jesus Vignolli,\u00a0About Betty\u2019s Boob\u00a0<\/em>by Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau,\u00a0Eighty Days<\/em>\u00a0by A.C. Esguerra,\u00a0Better Angels: A Kate Warne Adventure<\/em>\u00a0by Jeff Jensen and George Schall,\u00a0The Short While\u00a0<\/em>by Jeremy Sorese, as well as original and licensed series including\u00a0Cursed Pirate Girl<\/em>\u00a0by Jeremy Bastian, Sabaa Tahir\u2019s\u00a0An Ember in the Ashes<\/em>, Lev Grossman\u2019s\u00a0The Magicians<\/em>,\u00a0Jim Henson\u2019s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Jim Henson\u2019s The Storyteller<\/em>, and the upcoming\u00a0Flavor Girls<\/em>\u00a0by Lo\u00efc Locatelli-Kournwsky.<\/p>\n

Print copies of\u00a0THE KILLER: AFFAIRS OF THE STATE #4\u00a0<\/strong>will be available for sale on May 25, 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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