From the mind of literary icon Barry Gifford—internationally renowned creator of Wild at Heart and cowriter of David Lynch's neo-noir masterpiece Lost Highway—Night People is a pulsating roadmap of the American subconscious, where neon-lit Southern nights give way to lipstick, sweat, and blood, and the odd, the innocent, and the evil are all fellow travelers down an interstate of dark, elusive dreams.
Adapted from Gifford's acclaimed novel by breakout writer Chris Condon (That Texas Blood, The Enfield Gang Massacre) and a rotating cast of stunning artistic talents—including Brian Level (Poison Ivy), Alexandre Tefenkgi (The Good Asian), Artyom Topilin (I Hate This Place), and more—follow an uneasy cast of wanted men, cartel-killers, and lost souls through four interlocking tales as they travel a path of intoxication, lust, and spontaneous violence from New Orleans to Egypt City, Florida, and back again.
In our first tale of desperation, fanaticism, and murder: Two ex-convicts—a pair of inseparable lovers named Big Betty Stalcup and Miss Cutie Early—are out on parole using their newfound freedom to purify the world of men's evil influence . . . and leaving a trail of mutilated bodies in their wake. As the psychotic dimensions of their star-crossed romance—and the twisting paths that first led them to their fateful meeting at the Fort Sumatra Detention Center for Wayward Women—come into full view, their experiment in righteousness culminates in the kidnapping of Rollo Lamar, a kindly attorney whom Betty and Cutie abduct just to see if they can reeducate at least one man on the planet before the demise of civilization.
NIGHT PEOPLE #1
Written by BARRY GIFFORD & CHRIS CONDON
Art by BRIAN LEVEL
Cover A by J.H. WILLIAMS III
Cover B by JOËLLE JONES
Cover C by JACOB PHILLIPS
Cover D by BRIAN LEVEL
Full Art Variant (1:20) by JOËLLE JONES
B&W Variant (1:30) by J.H. WILLIAMS III
$4.99 | 32 PGS. | NO ADS | MATURE READERS ONLY | ON SALE MARCH 6, 2024
FOC: 02/12/24
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