The Department of Truth Volume 1
$24.10
- Paperback
144 pages
- Release Date
2 March 2021
Summary
Best of 2021 Lists: NewYork Public Library EntertainmentWeekly Indigo Andmore…
“A wonderfully dizzy mixture of Menin Black, John Carpenter, Stephen King, The Matrix, and 1970s conspiracy thrillers.” - Forbes
“A story for our zeitgeist. SIMMONDS’ art invokes Bill Sienkiewicz.” - EntertainmentWeekly
“It is FANTASTIC. Can’t wait to read the whole series!” - Patton Oswalt
COLE TURNER has studied conspiracy theories all his life, but he isn’t prepa…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781534318335 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 153431833X |
| Author: | James Tynion IV, Martin Simmonds |
| Publisher: | Image Comics |
| Imprint: | Image Comics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 144 |
| Release Date: | 2 March 2021 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 168mm x 259mm |
| Series: | The Department of Truth |
| Audience Age: | 16 |

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Critics Review
“Hickmanian conspiracy games, Burroughsiancrime, Sienkiewiczian style. The Truth: you want it.” -KieronGillen
“In the age of QAnon, a thriller about cultlike thinking feels exceedingly relevant.” * Publishers Weekly *
“A wonderfully dizzy mixture of Men in Black, John Carpenter, Stephen King, The Matrix, and 1970s conspiracy thrillers.” * Forbes *
“A story for our zeitgeist.” * Entertainment Weekly *
“Hickmanian conspiracy games, Burroughsian crime, Sienkiewiczian style. The Truth: you want it.” – Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, The Power Fantasy)
“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 *
“The hype on this is real.” – Brian Michael Bendis (Ultimate Spider-Man)
James Tynion IV
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.
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