PORTLAND, Ore. 05/26/2026 — Multiple award winning, bestselling masterminds Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Reckless, Criminal, Where the Body Was, Houses of the Unholy, Night Fever, the forthcoming Unfinished Tales) are back with an all-new Criminal graphic novel. This highly anticipated installment in the team’s longrunning, iconic crime series published by Image Comics will hit shelves exclusively at local comic shops this week and be available everywhere else books are sold next month.
In one of the wildest, most action-packed books that Brubaker and Phillips have ever done, we delve deep into the life of one of Criminal‘s most complex and tragic characters, Ricky Lawless as he tries to pay off a deep debt to a mobster, while things just keep going from bad to worse. This is the crazy tale of how he and Mallory fell in love in the midst of a crime spree.
Five Gears in Reverse original graphic novel (ISBN: 9781534333208, Lunar Code 1225IM0263) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, May 27 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, June 23.
Unfinished Tales hardcover (ISBN: 9781534330122) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, November 11 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, December 8.
Brubaker and Phillips’ series are available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
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