BAD WEEKEND HC (MR)

Just in time for convention season, Bad Weekend is the ultimate crime tale from the Brubaker-Phillips duo. Hal Crane, a veteran of the comics world, finds himself stranded at an out-of-town convention while awaiting a lifetime achievement award. The story dives into the hidden, sometimes brutal, history of comics—a city of crooks, swindlers, and desperate dreamers—told with Brubaker’s noir pacing and Phillips’s stark, cinematic art. Expanded for this hardcover edition, Bad Weekend collects the CRIMINAL #2–3 material with new scenes and remastered pages, offering a deeper, more muscular read than the serialized version. It sits alongside the creators’ landmark collaborations—KILL OR BE KILLED, FATALE, and CRIMINAL—as a polished, evergreen graphic novel about obsession, fame, and the shadows surrounding the industry. At 72 pages of tight storytelling, this is a must-have for fans of moody crime drama and visionary comics craftsmanship.

Who might be interested in reading?

• Readers who love noir crime drama and moody, cinematic artwork
• Fans of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ collaborative storytelling
• Readers interested in the darker, behind-the-scenes history of the comics industry
• People who enjoy tightly plotted, standalone graphic novels with a strong atmosphere