COMING SOON: Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips Introduce First New 'Criminal' Story in Five Years 'The Knives'
"Brubaker and Phillips don't hit a wrong note." —Shane Black, writer of Lethal Weapon, The Long Kiss Goodnight Multiple Eisner award-winning team Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips ( Reckless, Houses of the Unholy, Fatale ) will bring an all-new Criminal graphic novel to shelves this September from Image Comics with The Knives . It has been nearly five years since fans had an opportunity to revel in new Criminal material, and this highly anticipated new story promises to be the darkest and most ambitious installment in the critically lauded, contemporary classic yet. Cartoonist Jacob Kurtz goes to Hollywood in the era of peak TV to work on an adaptation of his comic strip, only to find himself caught up in the life of his aging aunt and the vultures circling her estate. Angie was raised at the Undertow, but now everything she loves has been taken from her. She's on the streets with vengeance on her mind, her eyes set on the city's kingpin. And finally, Tr...