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The Department of Truth Volume 1

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  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    2 March 2021

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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

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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)

About The Author

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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