My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies is a seductive coming-of-age story, a pop and drug culture-fueled tale of a young girl seeking darkness. she'll find another more dangerous romance, and find out how easily drugs and murder go hand-in-hand. But when Ellie lands in an upscale rehab clinic where nothing is what it appears to be.

Teenage Ellie has always had romantic ideas about drug addicts, those tragic artistic souls drawn to needles and pills have been an obsession since the death of her junkie mother ten years ago. FATALE blends noir and horror to tell a riveting epic unlike anything you've seen before.įatale #1 (Beast Cover) Excited for this new crime project? Worried about the future of Criminal and Incognito? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies (Image Comics) the full solicit for issue #1 reads: GUNS! SEX! SECRET CULTS! AND MONSTERS! Nothing the BEST-SELLING and AWARD-WINNING creators of SLEEPER, CRIMINAL and INCOGNITO have done so far will prepare you for the explosive debut of FATALE! A reporter in 2012 stumbles on a secret that leads him down the darkest path imaginable… to a seductive woman who's been on the run since 1935, a mobster who may be an immortal demon monster, and the stories of all the doomed men who've been caught in their decades-long struggle.

Unlike Criminal and Incognito, which follow a mini-series format, Fatale will be an ongoing book. Fatale will start shipping in January 2012. Each issue will ship with two 50/50 alternate covers in a 'Beauty and the Beast' dynamic. Alongside the creepy, tentacled monsters the series stars a female protagonist who may or may not be the literal embodiment of the femme fatale archetype. In this case, Brubaker is adding in horror elements inspired by the mythology of H.P. Like Incognito, Fatale won't be a straightforward crime comic. Instead, they're shifting to Image for a new series called Fatale.įatale #1 (Beauty Cover) Brubaker was on hand to reveal the new series at Image's 'Creator-Owned Comics' panel. Surprisingly, Brubaker and Phillips' next collaboration won't appear in Marvel's Icon imprint.

Incognito, Vol. 2 by Ed Brubaker