Beschreibung:
The drug known as “Ripcord” has become the scourge of the world. It’s extremely addictive, and it doesn’t just alter your perception, it fundamentally alters who you are. Ripcord users have their whole bodies taken over by the substance, and it transforms them into mindless, frenzied killers who want nothing but to destroy. This makes every place the drug has grown popular dangerous.Dillon is one of thousands who has lost a family member to Ripcord, but unlike so many others, she’s going to do something about it. Her sister has gone missing in the Outback, and Dillon is going to stop at nothing—and let nothing stop her—until she brings her home.This latest foray into the darker depths of humanity from writer Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Deluge) is brought to vivid life by artist Aneke (DC Comics Bombshells, Bylines in Blood) and colorist Patricia Martin (Dune: The Graphic Novel). Ripcord is an ultraviolent exploitation comic in the vein of movies like Mad Max and Near Dark. Each issue features a cover by Jorge Fornes, the artist of Rorschach and Danger Street. Cullen Bunn is the writer of The Sixth Gun, Harrow County, and The Empty Man, as well as many other creator owned comics for a variety of publishers, including BOOM! Studios, Oni Press, and Dark Horse. He has also written some of pop culture’s most beloved characters, including two acclaimed volumes of Godzilla vs. The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. He is currently working on his first novel and is the host of the video podcast The Cullenoscopy.Born in Madrid, Aneke is one of the Spanish comic artists who has entered the American market with more strength in recent years, demonstrating that she can draw any genre without being pigeonholed. Her career spans multiple publishers, including DC Comics, MARVEL, Dynamite, and more. She is best known for being the co-creator and artist of the graphic novel noir mystery Bylines in Blood with Erica Schultz and Van Jensen for Aftershock; artist of Carmen, the graphic novel, with Alek Shrader and P. Craig Russell. Aneke has worked for DC Comics on titles such as Bombshells, BS Suicide Squad, Gotham City Garage, The House of Whispers, Wonder Woman (2018 talent workshop), Poison Ivy, and more. Penciller, inker, colorist, enthusiast of music, comics, cinema, art and science; Aneke is a lover of drawing and the human capacity to create beauty and meaning in this mad, mad world.