Bad Weekend

In this single-issue prestige comic from Image, Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips—the acclaimed team behind Criminal and The Fade Out—deliver a taut, self-contained crime story set in the gritty underbelly of 1980s comic book publishing. A washed-up cartoonist is forced to confront his past when a violent secret from the industry's seedy heyday resurfaces, blurring the lines between creator and creation. Released in 2019 as a standalone gem, it showcases the duo's signature noir sensibility and sharp character work.