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by Ed Brubaker (Author), Sean Phillips (Artist)
"Brubaker and Phillips are modern masters, who craft nail-bitingly tense worlds where nothing is black and white." --Publishers Weekly
Celebrating the Prime Video series adaptation, Brubaker and Phillips groundbreaking crime series returns to print with stunning new cover paintings and designs. In this first installment of the bestselling, multiple Eisner Award winning crime noir series, readers meet Leo, a world-class pickpocket who is pressed into helping the cops pull off a heist. But when the job goes terribly wrong, Leo must go into hiding, his dire situation escalates, forcing the thief to put his skills to the test. Originally published in 2007, Criminal Volume 1: Coward is just the beginning of the critically acclaimed comic book series from Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips--the creative team behind Fatale, Night Fever, Where the Body Was, and more.Author Biography
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.
Number of Pages: 144
Dimensions: 0.4 x 10.1 x 6.5 IN
Publication Date: February 04, 2025
