The Last of the Innocent similarly took home the Eisner for Best Limited Series in 2012, with My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies subsequently winning the Eisner for Best Graphic Album - New in 2019.

Since its initial launch under Icon, Criminal has racked up a number of accolades, including the Eisner Award for Best New Series in 2007. The main Criminal series was then relaunched under the Image banner in 2019, with this iteration of the title running for 12 issues. In 2018, Image published My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, a standalone original graphic novel set within the Criminal universe. Ed Brubaker is an American comic book writer best known for his collaborations with Sean Phillips including Sleeper, Criminal, Fatale, and Kill or Be Killed. In 2015, Criminal jumped to Image Comics with a special one-shot, followed by another the very next year. A five-issue limited series, Criminal: The Sinners, launched from Icon in 2009, followed by a four-issue series titled Criminal: The Last of the Innocent in 2011. A fantastically-designed and printed book showcasing the Eisner and Harvey Award-Winning crime comics from the creators of Sleeper and Incognito, this oversized, deluxe hardback edition features Criminal books 1 thru 3 - Cowards, Lawless, and The Dead and the Dying. The title was relaunched in 2008, with the second series running for seven issues. The original Criminal series ran for a total of 10 issues. RELATED: Batman Scribe Ed Brubaker Boards Caped Crusader Animated Series What Is Criminal?īrubaker and Phillips' Criminal initially launched in 2006 from the now-defunct Icon Comics, a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics.

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