Overview
THE X-FILES meets SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN and for fans of THE BLACK MONDAY MURDERS ""A wonderfully dizzy mixture of Men in Black, John Carpenter, Stephen King, The Matrix, and 1970s conspiracy thrillers.""- Forbes Some fictions manifest in reality as dangerous, half-formed things. The Department of Truth relies on hunters to track down and contain these wild tulpas before they become too real. In these case files from the Department of Truth Field Office, discover the truths, hoaxes, and lore of some of the most dangerous cryptids the rangers have ever catalogued. Designed as in-world reports on beings like Mothman, Bigfoot, the Flatwoods Monster, and more, each entry features stunning art from some of the most renowned illustrators in comics, including James Stokoe, Bill Sienkiewicz, Yuko Shimuzu, Erica Henderson, DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH co-creator Martin Simmonds, and more. Collects THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH: WILD FICTIONS entries, as well as exclusive additional materials from the acclaimed series by multiple Eisner Award-winning writer James Tynion IV (W0RLDTR33, The Nice House on the Lake) and acclaimed artist Martin Simmonds.
Full Product Details
Author: James Tynion IV ,
Martin Simmonds ,
Vicki Scott ,
Daryl Gregory
Publisher: Image Comics
Imprint: Image Comics
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 1.070kg
ISBN: 9781534388536
ISBN 10: 1534388532
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 October 2024
Recommended Age: From 16 years
Audience:
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
""A story for our zeitgeist. SIMMONDS' art invokes Bill Sienkiewicz.""-- ""Entertainment Weekly"" ""It is FANTASTIC. Can't wait to read the whole series!""--Patton Oswalt ""A new conspiracy thriller comic that should appeal to anyone with a fondness for The X-Files.""-- ""IGN"" ""Hickmanian conspiracy games, Burroughsian crime, Sienkiewiczian style. The Truth: you want it.""--Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine)
"""A story for our zeitgeist. SIMMONDS' art invokes Bill Sienkiewicz.""-- ""Entertainment Weekly"" ""It is FANTASTIC. Can't wait to read the whole series!""--Patton Oswalt ""A new conspiracy thriller comic that should appeal to anyone with a fondness for The X-Files.""-- ""IGN"" ""Hickmanian conspiracy games, Burroughsian crime, Sienkiewiczian style. The Truth: you want it.""--Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine)"
Author Information
JAMES TYNION IV is the writer of Batman, and many other titles for DC Comics, including Detective Comics, Justice League Dark, and the New York Times best selling Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles trilogy. He is the co-creator of Wynd, Something is Killing the Children, Memetic, and the GLAAD award winning series, The Woods. He lives and works in Brooklyn, NY with his partner and their nice old dog. Martin Simmonds is a comic artist, and co-creator of Dying is Easy (with Joe Hill) for IDW, Punks Not Dead (with David Barnett) for Black Crown, and Friendo (with Alex Paknadel) for Vault Comics.He is also a contributing artist to Marvel's The Immortal Hulk by Al Ewing and Joe Bennett, and series cover artist for Marvel's Quicksilver: No Surrender, and Jessica Jones.Martin currently lives in Surrey, UK with his partner and their two year old son.
