Cruel and Unusual (comics)
Cruel and Unusual is a four-issue American comic book mini-series created in 1999 by Jamie Delano and Tom Peyer (writers), John McCrea (penciller) and Andrew Chiu (inker), and published by Vertigo.
| Cruel and Unusual | |
|---|---|
 Cover to Cruel and Unusual #1. Art by John McCrea | |
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Vertigo |
| Format | Mini-series |
| Publication date | June – September 1999 |
| No. of issues | 4 |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Jamie Delano Tom Peyer John McCrea |
| Written by | Jamie Delano Tom Peyer |
| Penciller(s) | John McCrea |
| Inker(s) | Andrew Chiu |
| Letterer(s) | Annie Parkhouse |
| Colorist(s) | Digital Chameleon Tatjana Wood |
| Editor(s) | Cliff Chiang Stuart Moore |
| Collected editions | |
| Cruel and Unusual | ISBN 0-9795939-2-1 |
Synopsis
America's struggling prison system is turned over to TV producers, who exploit everything possible for profit, making reality shows of the prisoners and even hosting live executions.
Collected editions
The series has been collected into a trade paperback:
- Cruel and Unusual (112 pages, softcover, Desperado Publishing, September 2007, ISBN 0-9795939-2-1)[1]
- Cruel and Unusual (Italian language) (128 pages, hardcover, Green Comm Services, August 2013, ISBN 978-88-90788-51-2)[2]
Notes
- Cruel and Unusual trade details Archived 2009-11-11 at the Wayback Machine at Desperado
- Italian version of "Cruel and Unusual" Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine at Green comm Services
References
- Cruel and Unusual at the Grand Comics Database
- Cruel and Unusual at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
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