But “coming off huge hits” in Death of Captain America for Brubaker and Marvel Zombies for Phillips, “it felt like the time was right to take a risk,” the writer said.ġ6 years later, it’s safe to say Brubaker was correct. This was their first creator-owned series, and when it arrived in 2006, there was little market for crime comics.

It’s pretty cool, I think.Ĭriminal, a series that explores a tangled web of criminals that inhabit a fictional city, was a big swing by Brubaker and Phillips. It’s a fun one, and one of eight pieces you’ll find in Neo Noir. If you’re in the market for lots and lots of words from me about what makes this duo special with insight from Brubaker and Phillips themselves, well, do I have the release for you!Īs a little teaser for what will be in this comic, below you can find my write-up about Criminal in full, as I wax ecstatic about that partnership’s first creator-owned project together and why that world is a constant for the duo still, even 16 years later.

It’s in Neo Noir: The Worlds of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, an Image Firsts release that is a highlight reel of that pair’s partnership, complete with comic trailers, paths to ordering said comics, and write-ups about their broader collaboration and each of their larger projects together by yours truly. This Wednesday at comic shops everywhere, my work will appear in an actual comic book for the first time ever.

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