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"Diving beneath the sun-soaked strips of 1930s Hollywoodland, where the best and brightest are dimmed and broken, the granddaughter of Sara Fields is found dead. Desperate to solve her murder and versed in the ways of the Immortals, her heartbroken uncle calls on the Reaper of Vengeance to aid him. In his obsession, following this twisted path may lead to his undoing."--Provided by publisher.
About the author
Kelly Sue DeConnick is best known for surprise hits like Carol Danvers' rebranding as Captain Marvel and the Eisner-nominated mythological western, PRETTY DEADLY; the latter was co-created with artist Emma Ríos. The sci-fi kidney-punch called BITCH PLANET, co-created with Valentine De Landro, launched to rave reviews in December 2014 and has since been nominated for an Eisner. She currently writes AQUAMAN for DC as well as develops television for Legendary TV with her husband and partner, Matt Fraction, as Milkfed Criminal Masterminds.
Emma is a cartoonist based in Spain. She shifted her focus to a mix of both architecture and work with small press publishers until working on comics full-time in 2007. Having collaborated with publishers like Marvel and DC, she was able to commit to working on her own creator-owned comics again since 2013, thanks to Image Comics, where she co-edited
Island and created
I.D.,
Mirror in two parts:
The Mountain and
The Nest with Malay cartoonist Hwei Lim, and where she currently co-creates the critically acclaimed
Pretty Deadly with Kelly Sue DeConnick. The latter earned Ríos several Eisner Award nominations and a win for Best Cover Artist in 2020.
Summary
"Grand and majestic
storytelling."
-Warren Ellis (TREES, INJECTION, Gun
Machine, Red)
KELLY
SUE DeCONNICK (CAPTAIN MARVEL, BITCH PLANET) and EMMA RÍOS (I.D., MIRROR)
plunge back into the Eisner-nominated, New York Times best-selling world of
PRETTY DEADLY.
Diving beneath the sun-soaked strips of 1930s
Hollywoodland, where the best and brightest are dimmed and broken, the
granddaughter of Sara Fields is found dead. Desperate to solve her murder and
versed in the ways of the Immortals, her heartbroken uncle calls on the Reaper
of Vengeance to aid him. In his obsession, following this twisted path may lead
to his undoing.
THE
RAT collects issues 1-5.
