PATIENCE! CONVICTION! REVENGE! #1 / $3.99 / 32 pages / color / on sale 09.19.18
Writer: Patrick Kindlon
Artist: Marco Ferrari
Color Artist: Patrizia Comino
Letterer: Jim Campbell
Cover A: Marco Ferrari w/ Patrizia Comino
Cover B: Robert HackNEW SERIES!
Disregarded, disrespected and dismissed, Renny has a chip on his shoulder.
Once an equal partner in a criminal syndicate that rules Las Vegas, he now finds himself living in a shack in the desert. But the shack has a workshop, and Renny’s been busy. It’s time to march his robot army into the neon hell of a cyberpunk Vegas and retake his seat at the table. Or take the wood from the table and build enough caskets for the whole syndicate.
Old friends better run, because Operation PATIENCE! CONVICTION! REVENGE! is underway.
Like an Elmore Leonard novel set in the world of Blade Runner, PATIENCE! CONVICTION! REVENGE! is offbeat and often funny, but all about the dark corners of cities and minds. A violent criminal genius with a bad case of monomania makes for the most fun you’ll have with a comic this year.
Written by Patrick Kindlon (There’s Nothing There, We Can Never Go Home) and drawn by Marco Ferrari (Famous Monsters Presents) PATIENCE! CONVICTION! REVENGE! continues Kindlon’s exploration of difficult characters and irreverent themes. Having broken the chains of good taste, Kindlon goes all-in and writes a vengeance-obsessed lunatic as if he’s riding beside him—all wrapped in a gangster tale like no other, and that HAD to be told at AfterShock!
PATRICK KINDLON ON WHAT PATIENCE! CONVICTION! REVENGE! IS ABOUT AND WHY HE’S EXCITED FOR IT:
“A criminal genius is forced out of his organization. Instead of starting a pilates studio, he dedicates himself to revenge. Years have passed, he’s amassed an army of robots, and is set to march on a glittering cyberpunk Las Vegas with the sole intention of crushing old friends under his boot. I’m a big fan of crime. In comics, books, movies, and sometimes in real life. I didn’t want to tackle a crime story myself until something really spoke to me. Without incriminating myself, I’ll tell you this is my most personal work to date. I never thought I’d say that about a Warren Ellis meets Elmore Leonard robot crime/revenge series, but comics is a crazy place.”
PATRICK KINDLON ON HIS EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH AFTERSHOCK COMICS AND THIS TITLE’S CREATIVE TEAM:
“It’s a team of literate adults who aren’t afraid of ideas. I couldn’t ask for anything more. Ideas are run through a filter of “does this serve the theme?” rather than “does this stay safe?”
PATRICK KINDLON ON (3) REASONS WHY COMIC BOOK READERS SHOULD ADD THIS TITLE TO THEIR PULL LIST:
– A tone you won’t find in any book on the shelves. Funny and self-aware, but committed to a dark overall theme.
– Revelatory art and colors on the part of Marco Ferrari and Patrizia Comino, including a rare attention to background and detail.
– A science fiction setting that is visual and fun, free from the shackles of good taste.
