Media release — MASKS as well as MOBSTERS was hailed as one of the very best webcomics of the year when it was released by MonkeyBrain in 2012, as well as now the picture Comics imprint Shadowline is bringing it to print in style, with a deluxe hardcover edition that collects all seven issues. Written by Joshua Williamson (GHOSTED, DEAR DRACULA) as well as drawn by Mike Henderson, Ryan Cody, Jason Copland, as well as Justin Greenwood, MASKS as well as MOBSTERS explores the trick stories of superheroes as well as mobsters vying for manage of golden City.
Writer Williamson imagines a world where, in the 1930s as well as ’40s, superheroes as well as supervillains didn’t begin appearing just in the pages of comic books however in flesh-and-blood life, confronting the underground powers that had maintained a fearful condition quo.
“One of the things that always has stuck with me was… if all these superheroes started to pop up, exactly how did that impact the mob’s business?” stated Williamson. “The masked guy couldn’t be paid off, as well as the supervillains didn’t care about paying dues, right? exactly how did organized criminal offense offer with it all? I wished to see that world from their perspective.”
Praise for MASKS as well as MOBSTERS:
“Best digital series [of 2012]… an interesting black-and-white tale about gangsters, snitches as well as the very first caped do-gooders.”
– USA Today
“Smart work remarkably presented. My preferred Monkeybrain series.”
– mark Waid
“Masks as well as Mobsters is such a amazing concept that I shed with jealousy I didn’t believe of it first. Fortunately, Joshua Williamson, Mike Henderson, as well as business are doing things with the concept that I never might have envisioned possible. one of my absolute preferred comics currently being published.”
– Chris Roberson
MASKS as well as MOBSTERS is a 128-page, black as well as white hardcover, retailing for $19.99 (ISBN 978-1-60706-765-8). It will be in stores on July 3 as well as can be pre-ordered from the may problem of Previews.
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