Celebrating the Prime Video series adaptation, the tenth story in Brubaker and Phillips' groundbreaking crime series returns to print with a stunning new cover painting and design.
Brubaker and Phillips biggestCriminaltale yet -- In the summer of '88, Teeg Lawless comes home to plan the biggest heist of his career. But Teeg's son Ricky and his friends are starting down the same dark path their fathers are on, and this is about to become the worst summer of their lives.
An epic tale of tragedy handed down from generation to generation,Cruel Summeris a crime comic masterpiece from the most celebrated noir masters in the industryEd 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 onCriminal,Incognito,Fatale, andThe Fade Outhas 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 seriesWestworld.
Drawing comics professionally since the age of fifteen, Eisner Award winning Sean Phillips has worked for all the major publishers. Since drawingSleeper,Hellblazer,Batman,X-Men,MarvelZombies, andStephen King’s The Dark Tower, Sean has concentrated on creator-owned books includingCriminal, Kill Or Be Killed,Incognito,FataleandThe Fade Out.
He is currently drawing a new volume of the long-runningCriminalseries written by his long-time collaborator Ed Brubaker and coloured by his son Jacob Phillips.