Infidel

by Pornsak Pichetshote, Tananarive Due (Introduction), Jeff Lemire, Aaron Campbell (Artist), Jose Villarrubia (Artist)

Overview

Selected for NPR's “100 Favorite Horror Stories of All Time”
Selected for NPR's "Best Books of 2018"
Selected for The Huffington Post's "Best Graphic Novels of 2018"
Selected for Book Riot's "Best Comics of 2018"

A haunted house story for the 21st century, INFIDEL follows an American Muslim woman and her multi-racial neighbors who move into a building haunted by entities that feed off xenophobia.

Bestselling editor Pornsak Pichetshote (Swamp Thing, Daytripper, The Unwritten) makes his comics writing debut alongside artist extraordinaire Aaron Campbell (The Shadow, James Bond: Felix Leiter), award-winning colorist and editor José Villarubia (Batman: Year 100, Spider-Man: Reign), and letterer/designer Jeff Powell (Scales & Scoundrels).

Collects INFIDEL #1-5, the complete series.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781534308367
Publisher:	Image Comics
Publication date:	09/25/2018
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	16 - 18 Years

About the Author

Pornsak Pichetshote started his career as a Thai-American rising star editor at DC's Vertigo imprint, his books being nominated for dozens of Eisner awards — from the award-winning Daytripper to critical darling Sweet Tooth. He left Vertigo to become an executive in DC Entertainment's media team, where he started and oversaw DC's TV department. His critical and commercial horor book INFIDEL marked his first major work as a comics writer.

His current work with Image Comics is the Eisner- and Harvey-winning THE GOOD ASIAN, which he's currently adapting for television with James Wan's Atomic Monster.

Harvey Award winning artist José Villarrubia is internationally known for his comics color work and editing. He has also been nominated for the Eisner Award twice and regularly works for all the major American comic publishers (Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Dark Horse Publishing, Image Comics) as a colorist and digital painter.

Editorial Reviews

★ 09/10/2018
Presenting horror as topical as it is viscerally distressing, the trade volume of this bold series conjures xenophobia in tangible and terrifying form. Upon moving into an apartment building, Muslim woman Aisha is met with hostility from neighbors (including her mother in law). As it happens, a Muslim man detonated an explosive in the building years prior. As Aisha digs deeper into the history of the housing complex, monstrous forces begin haunting her and provoke her into hurting her family. When she falls into a coma, Aisha’s multiracial friends discover that the evil presence is fueled by bigotry—and as they become targets themselves, must work to destroy demons both unseen and in plain sight. Pichetshote’s disconcerting contemporary take on the classic haunted house genre is enlivened by Campbell’s ethereal artwork. Characters are drawn in realistic style with striking colors, and both monsters and the environment they thrive in are twisted in ways that indicate the hatred they represent. With a script laden with powerful metaphors, this series leaves readers both creeped out and more aware of the presence of everyday monsters, and keenly awaiting the next installment. (Oct.)

Publishers Weekly

One of the most compelling and evocative tales with powerful social commentary, gripping tension, beautiful art and well-paced execution.” -Multiversity Comics

"A must for horror fans." -Graphic Policy

"A classic horror story... used to superb effect." -Uproxx

"A spiritual successor to Jordan Peele's genre-altering masterwork and provides some of the most harrowing scares that comics has seen in years." -Vulture

“Infidel will disturb you, but it may also send you out with a newfound sense of faith in humanity." -The Comics Journal

“Like nothing I've read before... Highly recommended.” -Steve Niles, 30 Days of Night

From the Publisher

09/01/2018
Aisha is making inroads with her boyfriend Tom's family, particularly his son Kris, with whom she shares a geeky love of Star Wars. There's some friction, however, between her and Tom's mother, Leslie, owing to Aisha's Islamic faith. Aisha is forgiving of Leslie's slights as careless cluelessness, but Tom finds his mother's asking Aisha to eat pork unforgivable and symbolic of unresolved hatred. Since their apartment building recently suffered through a sizable explosion from a possible Muslim terrorist, the mood among the neighbors is tense. On top of this, Aisha has to deal with unknown forces only she can detect—ghastly, murderous beings she's afraid to acknowledge as existing. Unable to talk about this supernatural threat with best friend Medina, who brought Aisha and Tom together, how can she hope to survive? VERDICT Sinewy and tense, this outstanding comic from former Vertigo editor Pichetshote and artists Campbell (James Bond), José Villarrubia (King Conan), and Jeff Powell (Earth One) boldly displays a multifaceted and thoughtful view of racial and religious issues at the forefront of cultural dialog across the United States while delivering solid horror that will keep readers awake at night. [Previewed in Jody Osicki's "Graphically Speaking," LJ 6/15/18.]—Douglas Rednour, Georgia State Univ. Libs., Atlanta

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