Cruel summer

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Title:

Cruel summer

Author:

Brubaker, Ed, author.

Phillips, Sean, artist.

Phillips, Jacob (Jacob R.), colorist.

Summary:

"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." -- Amazon.com.

General Note:

"Contains material originally published in magazine form as Criminal #1, #5-12." --colophon.

Physical Description:

287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Genre:

Coming-of-age comics.

Graphic novels.

Subject Term:

Fathers and sons -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Dysfuntctional families -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Crime -- Comic books, strips, etc.

Author(s):

Phillips, Sean,

Phillips, Jacob (Jacob R.),

Publisher:

Image Comics,

Publication Date:

2020

ISBN:

9781534316430

Publication Information:

Portland, Oregon : Image Comics, 2020.

Call Number:

741.5 BRUBAKER

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS' CRIMINAL epic, collected in agorgeous hardback edition.

In the summer of'88, Teeg Lawless comes home to plan the biggest heist of his career. But Teeg'sson Ricky and his friends are starting down the same dark path their fathers areon, and this is about to become the worst summer of their lives.

An epic tale of tragedy handed down fromgeneration to generation, CRUEL SUMMER is a crime comic masterpiece from themost celebrated noir masters in the industry, creators of CRIMINAL, FATALE, KILLOR BE KILLED, and THE FADE OUT.

CollectsCRIMINAL #1 and #5-12 in a beautiful new hardback edition with additionalbehind-the-scenes material.

Author Notes

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.

Jacob Phillips is a comic artist and colorist residing in Manchester, UK. He has been drawing his whole life, self publishing first comic. 'Roboy' at the age of 11 and selling it at Brighton Comic Con. Skip forward 16 years and today he is the artist on THAT TEXAS BLOOD with writer Chris Condon and NEWBURN with Chip Zdarsky as well as coloring projects such as RECKLESS, CRIMINAL and MADI.

Reviews (1)

Library Journal Review

In the summer of 1988, vicious career criminal Teeg Lawless becomes infatuated with Jane, a mysterious con artist drawn to his ferocity, much to the chagrin of Teeg's 16-year-old son, Ricky. Unnerved at seeing his father embrace something like domesticity, Ricky becomes increasingly reckless and erratic, alienating best friend Leo, a young thief who prides himself on his overly cautious approach to criminal activity. Teeg enlists Leo's father to help him pull off a major heist he believes will provide him and Jane with a fresh start. But when Jane and Ricky form a bond, and a private detective obsessed with saving Jane from a life on the run arrives in town, all involved are set on a collision course that can only end in tragedy. VERDICT The powerhouse creative team of Brubaker and Phillips (Pulp, reviewed below) combine elements of noir and coming-of-age stories in this psychologically and emotionally complex drama about desperate men and women daring to strive for better lives in a violent world where hope and love are dangerous liabilities.