The Scene of the Crime

by Ed Brubaker, Michael Lark (Artist), Sean Phillips (Artist)

Overview

Back in print as a first-ever trade paperback comes a lost crime noir masterpiece. Long out of print, SCENE OF THE CRIME was the first time ED BRUBAKER and MICHAEL LARK worked together―before their acclaimed runs on Daredevil and Gotham Central―and was inked by SEAN PHILLIPS, who also designed this edition.

This is where it all began, with a hard-hitting mystery story set in a modern-day Chinatown that garnered nominations for Best Miniseries and Best Writer in the 2000 Eisner Awards. Also included in this new collection are behind-the-scenes art and stories, a new foreword by BRUBAKER, and many other extras.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534319349
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	02/23/2021
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Ed Brubaker is one of the most acclaimed writers in comics, winning five best writer Eisner and Harvey Awards in the last ten years. His bestselling work with Sean Phillips on CRIMINAL, INCOGNITO, FATALE, and THE FADE OUT has been translated around the world to great acclaim, and Marvel's movies featuring his co-creation, The Winter Soldier, have all been international blockbusters. Ed lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their crazy dog, where he works in comics, film, and television, most recently on HBO's new hit series WESTWORLD.

Drawing comics professionally since the age of fifteen, Eisner Award winning Sean Phillips has worked for all the major publishers. Since drawing Sleeper, Hellblazer, Batman, X-Men, Marvel Zombies, and Stephen King’s The Dark Tower, Sean has concentrated on creator-owned books including Criminal, Kill Or Be Killed, Incognito, Fatale and The Fade Out.

He is currently drawing a new volume of the long-running Criminal series written by his long-time collaborator Ed Brubaker and coloured by his son Jacob Phillips.

He lives in the Lake District in the UK.

Editorial Reviews

The long-awaited graphic novel release of Brubaker (Fatale) and Lark’s (Daredevil; Gotham Central) Eisner Award–nominated, classic PI crime fiction begins when PI Jack Herriman is hired for a simple missing persons case. Herriman soon discovers there is nothing routine about the case, and he has no problem finding the missing person, Maggie Jordan. But when Jordan is discovered dead the following day, Herriman feels the need to uncover the real story behind her disappearance and murder. His investigation eventually reveals Jordan’s dark family history with Mitchell Luna, the patriarchal leader of a cultish free-love group called Lunarhouse. The book also includes a short story featuring Herriman (“God and Sinners”) and an extras section with excerpts of the script, pencils, and inks.

Verdict This title is representative of superior writing and its importance in launching Brubaker’s career. It should appeal to all graphic novel readers but even more so to crime fiction aficionados working in film and other literary genres.—Scott Vieira, Sam Houston State Univ. Lib., Huntsville, TX

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