Ed Brubaker + Sean Phillips return this winter with ‘Unfinished Tales’

The paranoid thriller about writer’s block, ego and murder arrives from Image Comics in November.

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, the multiple award-winning duo behind Criminal, The Fade Out, Kill or Be Killed and the Reckless series, are teaming once again on a new graphic novel arriving later this year. Unfinished Tales will arrive in comic shops this November and in book stores this December from Image Comics.

The story follows Finnegan Blake, one of the most successful authors in the world whose epic fantasy series has been adapted into a massive TV hit. Thing is, he is 10 years past his deadline on the final book and has no hope of finishing it. (Is it called A Game of Thrones?) When an old friend arrives with what seems like the perfect solution to his writer’s block, the two enter a secret pact that quickly turns dark as their egos and ambitions collide.

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Patrick Kindlon + Ludovic Lalliat team for the dark fantasy series ‘Regicide’

The new series from Image Comics follows a farmhand on a doomed mission to assassinate the murderous viceroy of Transylvania.

Image Comics will publish Regicide, a new ongoing dark fantasy series written by Patrick Kindlon and illustrated by Ludovic Lalliat, beginning in August.

The series is set in Transylvania and follows a farmhand whose simple life is upended when village elders dispatch him on a dangerous mission alongside a mysterious stranger: to travel to the capital and kill the murderous viceroy.

“Ludovic and I are going for it on this one,” said Kindlon. “True monster-of-the-issue storytelling where you are guaranteed sensational and sensual battles for the souls of our heroes every month! Violence you can feel in a world so dripping with evil the droplets will hit your head as you read! It’s submit to the Impaler or die on a pike!”

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Picture + Panel | K Czap + Suzana Harcum talk about love stories

Check out our interview in advance of a live question-and-answer session between the two creators in Boston next week.

We continue our interview series with creators speaking at the monthly Picture + Panel event in Boston, which brings together two comic creators to talk about a specific topic — in this case, love stories.

K. Czap, Suzana Harcum,and Owena White, along with Lily Barrett from the pop-up romance book store Read My Lips, will engage in a discussion about “the many faces of falling in love.” The event is hosted by the Boston Comic Arts Foundation, Porter Square Books and the Boston Figurative Arts Center.

Suzana Harcum & Owena White, a lesbian couple from Tucson, Arizona, and Worcester, Massachusetts, respectively, are an artist-writer duo making LGBT-centered comics. Their collaborative efforts blend Suzana’s art with Owena’s storytelling, crafting stories that explore communication, self-discovery and acceptance. In creating together, they seek to share their perspectives and experiences growing up queer, through heartfelt slice-of-life comics. They enjoy making relatable stories for readers, aiming to foster a sense of community and understanding through their work.

K Czap is an acclaimed cartoonist, author of Four Years and Fütchi Perf, and colorist for comics from Scholastic, First Second and more. Residing in Providence RI, Czap is a board member of Binch Press × Queer.Archive.Work., an artist studio collective.

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