The Fade Out
The Fade Out is a crime comics series created by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips. Twelve issues were published by Image Comics between August 2014 and January 2016. The story has been collected into three trade paperback volumes and a single hardcover collection. It is set in 1948 and stars Charlie Parish, a Hollywood screenwriter suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder.
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The Fade Out is a crime comics series created by writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips with the help of colorist Elizabeth Breitweiser and research assistant Amy Condit. Twelve issues were published by Image Comics between August 2014 and January 2016. The story has been collected into three trade paperback volumes and a single hardcover collection. It is set in 1948 and stars Charlie Parish, a Hollywood screenwriter suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder and fronting for his blacklisted best friend, Gil. As they learn more about her troubled past, they find themselves up against powerful Hollywood elites who do not want to upset the status quo. The first issue was released in print on August 20, 2014, and digitally on August 21, 2014. The 40-page first issue is available in hardcover, trade paperback and e-book editions for $24.99 each. The second issue is on sale now for $19.99. The third and fourth issues will be released in October and November 2014, respectively, and will be available in trade paperback, hardcover and eBook editions. The fifth and final issue will be published in December 2014, which will be the 50th anniversary of the first issue of Fatale. The final issue is scheduled to be released on January 15, 2015, which is the 60th birthday of Brubakers’ uncle, John Paxton, who was a noted screenwriter in the 1930s and 1940s known for Murder, My Sweet, Crossfire, The Wild One and On the Beach.
The series received positive reviews from critics, with one critic calling it a “must-have” for fans of crime comics. The creators have a five-year exclusive contract with Image Comics, which guaranteed the creators could publish any comic without having to pitch it to the publisher first. They did not know it would be a minimum of 12 issues until after Fatale had taken twice as long as originally planned, so they didn’t want to mislead fans or feel pressure to conclude before they were ready. When they were asked for a promotional image for use at Image Expo, Brub Baker suggested a typewriter and some blood and a dead body’s hands. After completing the image, he thought the stark white background would help the book stand out on sales racks and continued to use it for subsequent covers. Phillips, who lives in the United Kingdom, sometimes has difficulty accurately portraying modern America and said “1948 Hollywood might as well be sci-fi”.
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