Bad Weekend
JUST IN TIME FOR CONVENTION SEASON-the ultimate comic con crime tale! Comics won't just break your heart. Comics will just kill you. Hal Crane should know, he's been around since practically the beginning. Stuck at an out-of-town convention, waiting to receive a lifetime achievement award, Hal's weekend takes us on a dark ride through the secret history of a medium that's always been haunted by crooks, swindlers, and desperate dreamers. BAD WEEKEND-the story some are already calling the comic of the year from its serialization in CRIMINAL #2 and 3-has been expanded, with several new scenes added and remastered into a hardcover graphic novel, in the same format as BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS' (KILL OR BE KILLED, FATALE, CRIMINAL) bestselling MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES. This gorgeous package is a must-have, an evergreen graphic novel every true comics fan will want to own. Collects CRIMINAL #2-3 with expanded content
Reviews
Varun Khatri@thevarunkhatri
Movies about movies are pretty common and usually a blast to watch. However, I didn’t really see this self reflection as something that would be done in comics. Bad Weekend is a comic about comics and it’s not about the good side of the business. A lot of the problems highlighted in the book are still prevalent today and will probably be for another generation. I’m not sure how this falls into the Criminal universe as I haven’t read Criminal, but I understood everything so that’s always great. While the story is great and approachable in terms of complexity, it is definitely enriched when one understands the history and anatomy of comics.
Simon Lund Larsen@marsnielson
Tylar M@queenserenity
Andrew Sztehlo@sztehlocomics