Official Press Release
A DIFFERENT KIND OF EDUCATION
WILD CHILDREN plumbs the depths of rebellion in July
Guns. Acid. Cameras. School. Wild Children.
Written by Ales Kot (Batman) with art by Riley Rossmo
(Cowboy Ninja Viking, Dark Wolverine, Debris), WILD CHILDREN, a new graphic
novella from Image Comics in July, explores an explosive high school hostage
situation that threatens to unfold its own reality like cheap origami.
The subject of school shootings behind the controversial
Hellblazer: Shoot by Warren Ellis and Phil Jimenez merges with Grant Morrison's
and Philip Bond's themes of teenage revolt in Kill Your Boyfriend, delivering a
unique story of magic, passion and disinformation.
"Comics have tremendous transformative potential,
and on top of that, they're pure fun when done well," said writer Kot.
"This comic is the equivalent of a six-track pop EP — and if we've done
our jobs well, Wild Children will be the weird pop EP you'll find yourself
coming back to again and again."
Rossmo's distinctive art style, significantly altered
from its usual look to better fit the storytelling demands of WILD CHILDREN',
is complemented by stunning psychedelic colors by Gregory Wright (Batman: The
Long Halloween, Elephantmen) and inventive lettering by a superstar letterer
Clayton Cowles (Kick-Ass, Superior, The Defenders).
""For me, Wild Children is an experiment in
cleanliness," said Rossmo. "My work is usually dirty, scratchy, messy
-- but here I wanted to try a style I had only used in some of the editorial
work I'd done. All line, no spotted blacks."
"Natural Born Killers" meets "Bowling for
Columbine"? Maybe. But what if you're wrong?
WILD CHILDREN is a self-contained 64-page paperback
graphic novella. It will be available for pre-order in comic book stores in the
May issue of Previews and on shelves on
July 11. Its ISBN is 978-1-60706-581-4. An advance PDF will be available for
review in May.
