Roxane Gay

Three generations of African American female master thieves must band together to pull off their greatest heist.

The Banks

Zoe Smolen

Fun heist comic that centers around a family of badass women. I really enjoyed seeing what Roxane Gay did with a comic line even though it's not my normal plot preference. Thanks for Edelwise and Ingram for a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

Maya Johnson

TKO Studios presents "The Banks" by New York Times bestselling writer Roxane Gay (Hunger, Bad Feminist, Black Panther: World of Wakanda) and artist Ming Doyle (The Kitchen). The Banks is a heist thriller about the most successful thieves in Chicago: The women of the Banks family. For fifty years the women of the Banks family have been the most successful thieves in Chicago by following one simple rule: never get greedy. But when the youngest Banks stumbles upon the heist of a lifetime, the potential windfall may be enough to bring three generations of thieves together for one incredible score and the chance to avenge a loved one taken too soon. "The Banks is a heist story in its finest form." - Comicbook.com "The Banks is the best kind of heist story: a sharp, tight robbery with escalating tensions and threats coming from every direction." - The A.V. Club "It will leave most readers smiling at the end of their journeys with the Banks family." - The Beat TKO Studios recently announced a partnering with MACRO (whose films have garnered nine Oscar nominations and one Oscar win for Viola Davis in FENCES) to produce a film adaptation of the graphic novel. Screenplay to be writen by Roxane Gay.

The Banks

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