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by Chip Zdarsky (Author), Jeff Lemire (Author), Kelly Thompson (Author)
The story starts with a failing rock band whose fortune changes overnight when they find the mysterious silver coin. Next, it helps handle some mean girls at sleep-away camp. Follow the curious token as it changes hands over centuries--from Puritan New England to the scavenged junklands of 2467--and discover how much pain a cursed coin can purchase.
Eisner-winning artist MICHAEL WALSH (Star Wars, Black Hammer/Justice League) teams with all-star collaborators--CHIP ZDARSKY (STILLWATER), KELLY THOMPSON (Sabrina the Teenage Witch), ED BRISSON (Old Man Logan), and JEFF LEMIRE (GIDEON FALLS)--on this new ongoing horror anthology series for mature readers. Collects THE SILVER COIN #1-5Author Biography
Chip Zdarsky is the current writer of Batman for DC Comics (somehow). For Image Comics he's the writer of Newburn and the writer/illustrator of the award-winning Public Domain.
His previous work includes an acclaimed run on Daredevil and Spider-Man: Life Story for Marvel, and he's the illustrator of Image Comics' Sex Criminals--an Eisner Award winning series and New York Times Bestseller (despite all the penis jokes). Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen. Kelly Thompson is the Eisner-winning writer of comics like BLACK WIDOW, CAPTAIN MARVEL, HAWKEYE, JESSICA JONES, DEADPOOL, ROGUE & GAMBIT, JEM & THE HOLOGRAMS, and many more. Her creator-owned work includes the comic books MEGA PRINCESS, HEART IN A BOX and two novels--THE GIRL WHO WOULD BE KING and STORYKILLER. She currently resides in Oregon with her partner and the two greatest cats to ever live. BLACK CLOAK is her first series at IMAGE. Michael Walsh is an Eisner Award-winning artist and writer from Southern Ontario, Canada. In 2013, Michael broke into comics with the Image Comics book series COMEBACK. Shortly after, Michael contributed art on a follow-up comic to the hit television series The X-Files for IDW. Then, in the following years, he worked primarily with Marvel Comics on superhero properties such as Spider-Man, The Avengers and the X-Men. He also adapted the Star Wars film The Last Jedi as a comic book mini-series. And created art for the DC/Dark Horse crossover event comic, Black Hammer/Justice League. In 2021, Michael returned to creator-owned comics, creating the hit ongoing Image series THE SILVER COIN and the viral webcomic The Sleep Stories. In 2022, he released his middle-grade fantasy original graphic novel The Oates & The Elphyne, published by Humanoids BIG.
Number of Pages: 144
Dimensions: 0.3 x 10.1 x 6.4 IN
Illustrated: Yes
Publication Date: October 12, 2021
