Media Release -- Love means never having to say you're sorry. Though it occasionally means having to say "Put your hands in the air, this is a stick-up." With a crew assembled and their plans in place, it's time for Callie and Mercer to take the biggest step of any relationship: stealing a few hundred thousand dollars from a crooked insurance company that holds the pink slip on their heart.
HEARTTHROB #3
(W) Christopher Sebela (@xtop)
(A/CA) Robert Wilson IV (@robertwilsoniv)
(C) Nick Filardi (@nickfil)
Age Range: 15 and up
Genre: Crime
Price: $3.99
32 pages
Why We Love It:
A guy throws a chair INTO A CEILING and JUMPS OUT OF A WINDOW! People get PUNCHED! Banks get ROBBED! Cars get CHASED!
Callie and Mercer's seemingly perfect romance might not be so perfect after all...
... but Callie also punches a lot of RUDE DUDES and she's super awesome.
Praise for HEARTTHROB:
9.25 OUT OF 10 REVIEW: "Between Sebela's heartfelt writing as Callie learns the ropes of the criminal life and the gorgeous 70s artwork from Wilson and Filardi, Heartthrob #2 is about the strength of the heart just as much as it is about vulnerability." Graphic Policy
9 OUT OF 10 REVIEW: "The clear cut story and gorgeous, clean art make this an easy read that transplants itself into your head, telling you to read it just once more." Comicosity
8.2 OUT OF 10 REVIEW: "At this point Sebela has already proven his worth in the crime genre, and in many ways Heartthrob looks to continue on that trend [...] [Sebela's] intense attention to character that makes all the difference. Callie Bordeau's circumstances are far from ordinary, but by imbuing her with relatable, lived-in traits, Sebela makes her plight one worth immediately investing." IGN
4 OUT OF 5 REVIEW: "Sebela writes a believably frustrated, confused protagonist who only knows what she doesn't want, and Wilson's bold artwork captures all the characters' highs and lows. [...] The cliffhanger actually feels engaging and earned, and Callie is a fascinating protagonist." Comic Book Resources
"In Heartthrob, a woman who has been incredibly ill all of her life receives a miracle cure, and suddenly she starts making the kinds of bad choices that make for damn good comics. Illustrated by the never-boring Robert Wilson IV, Heartthrob looks absolutely pulse-quickening." ComicsAlliance, "Best Comic Books Ever (This Week)"
"After a brilliant debut issue with an absolute corker of a cliff hanger, it looks like the mind of Chris Sebela has birthed another interesting and bizarre idea to keep up happy [...]" Big Comic Page
