Image Comics has announced that “Criminal” will be reprinted ahead of its TV broadcast in 2025. Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ iconic series returns to comic shops with new cover art and design by Phillips. The first season of the television show covers the first two story arcs of the Criminal comic book series, Volume 1: Cowards and Criminals and Volume 2: Lawlessness.
“As we prepared for the wider world to discover Criminal as a TV series, Sean and I wanted to make 2025 a big celebration of Criminal, starting with a zero We couldn’t think of a better way than to redesign it from “, with these great new covers created by Sean. The next steps in the celebration are still a surprise…but I’m sure they will be announced soon,” said Ed Brubaker. “While running the TV show Criminal was a life-changing experience, it also left me with a greater appreciation for comics than ever before. I can’t wait to discover it.’ And I’ve been building it for years. ”
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PORTLAND, Ore., January 15, 2025 — Best-selling and fan-favorite from the multi-award-winning team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (“Reckless,” “Houses of the Unholy,” “Fatale”) ‘s Criminal series gets even brighter this year with a paperback reprint. It features new cover art and design by Phillips and is published by Image Comics.
The television version of the iconic series has been in production for the better part of 2024 with Brubaker serving as showrunner and will arrive on Amazon Prime later this year starring Charlie Hunnam, Luke Evans, and Emilia Clarke. It’s planned. The first season of the television show covers the first two story arcs of the comic book series, Criminal, Volume 1: Cowards and Criminals, and Volume 2: Outlaws.
“As we prepared for the wider world to discover Criminal as a TV series, Sean and I wanted to make 2025 a big celebration of Criminal, starting with a zero We couldn’t think of a better way than to redesign it from “, with these great new covers created by Sean. The next steps in the celebration are still a surprise…but I’m sure they will be announced soon,” said Ed Brubaker. “While running the TV show Criminal was a life-changing experience, it also left me with a greater appreciation for comics than ever before. I can’t wait to discover it.’ And I’ve been building it for years. ”
In Criminal, Volume 1: Coward, the first book in the bestselling multi-Eisner Award-winning crime noir series, readers meet Leo, a world-class pickpocket who is pressured into helping a cop rob a cop. . But when a job goes horribly wrong, Leo has to go into hiding. His dire situation escalates and the thief is forced to test his skills.
Criminal Volume 2: Lawless is a story of brotherly love and hate. Tracy Lawless returns home to discover who murdered her baby brother and how their family history doomed them both. Here, Brubaker and Phillips continue the world they created in Volume 1 and begin to push the boundaries of crime comics.
First published in 2007, Criminal Volume 1 and Criminal Volume 2 are just the beginning of an acclaimed comic book series about characters connected through a common criminal history.
Criminal, Volume 1: Coward trade paperback new edition (ISBN: 9781534370906, Lunar Code 1124IM265) and Criminal, Volume 2: Lawless Trade paperback new edition (ISBN: 9781534385078, Lunar Code 1124IM266) will be available at local comic book stores later this month It will be available in the shop. On sale Wednesday, January 22nd and at independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, February 4th.
Criminal Volume 3: The Dead and The Dying New Trade Paperback Edition (ISBN: 9781534341869, Lunar Code 1224IM389) will be available on Wednesday, February 19th at local comic bookstores and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books- It will be released in a-. Million, Indigo and Waterstones on Tuesday 4th March.
Criminal Volume 4: Bad Night Trade Paperback New Edition (ISBN: 9781534374003, Lunar Code 0125IM471) will be available on Wednesday, March 19th at local comic bookstores and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million , available at Indigo. , Waterstones on Tuesday 1 April.
Criminal Volume 5: The Sinners Trade Paperback New Edition (ISBN: 9781534347281) will be available on Wednesday, April 23rd at local comic book shops and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, Available at Waterstones. Tuesday, May 6th.
Criminal Volume 6: Last of the Innocent Trade Paperback New Edition (ISBN: 9781534357617) will be available on Wednesday, May 21st at local comic book shops and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday 3 June.
Criminal Volume 7: Wrong Place Wrong Time Trade Paperback New Edition (ISBN: 9781534353619) will be available on Wednesday, June 18th at local comic book shops and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday 1 July.
Criminal Volume 8: My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies New Trade Paperback Edition (ISBN: 9781534350670) will be available on Wednesday, July 23rd at local comic bookstores and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million , available at Indigo. , Waterstones on Tuesday 5th August.
Criminal is also available on many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
