Sex, Death, and Live TV in Satellite Sam by Fraction and Chaykin

May 14, 2013 by The Comic Book Critic

SEX, DEATH, AND LIVE TV

Fraction and Chaykin team up on SATELLITE SAM

Press Release

This July, acclaimed comic book creators Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Casanova, Iron Man) and Howard Chaykin (BLACK KISS, AMERICAN FLAGG) will take readers back to the Golden Age of Television, a time when innocence was as manufactured a fiction as the perfect families in the comedies that captivated audiences at home. Their new Image Comics series SATELLITE SAM, debuting in July, takes a look at the darkness behind the small screen when, in 1951, Carlyle Bishop, the star of the beloved serial "Satellite Sam” turns up dead in a filthy flophouse.

BLACK KISS II by Howard Chaykin Begins in August From Image Comics

June 20, 2012June 18, 2012 by The Comic Book Critic

HOWARD CHAYKIN BRINGS COMICS TO THE BRINK… AGAIN

BLACK KISS II begins in August

Press release

At the close of the 1980s, Howard Chaykin pushed every limit in comics with Black Kiss, a hardboiled, erotic series that controversially merged sex, violence, and religion. The story took its protagonist from ’80s Los Angeles to the Vatican as he uncovered the secrets of bizarre vampire cult. Chaykin now returns to that sordid world with BLACK KISS II, a new miniseries with Image Comics, debuting in August.

Garth Ennis Writes THE SHADOW for Dynamite in April 2012

January 15, 2012January 15, 2012 by The Comic Book Critic

THE SHADOW Returns in April 2012!

The Shadow returns in 2012! The property which is owned by Conde Nast, is being published by Dynamite Entertainment this time around. Chosen to helm the return of the popular title is Garth Ennis, and his partner in crime Aaron Campbell will be illustrating the series.

The Shadow #1 will feature alternate covers by fan favorite artists Alex Ross, Howard Chaykin, Jae Lee, and John Cassaday. The first issue is due to be released in April 2012.