Night People - by Barry Gifford & Chris Condon (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

FOR SOME PEOPLE, IT'S ALWAYS MIDNIGHT . . .

From the mind of writer Barry Gifford (Wild at Heart, Lost Highway), adapted by That Texas Blood's Chris Condon and a rotating cast of visionary artists--including Brian Level (Poison Ivy), Alexandre Tefenkgi (The Good Asian), Artyom Topilin (I Hate This Place) and Marco Finnegan (The Keeper)--come four interconnected stories of convicts, lost souls, and human monsters journeying through a labyrinth of perversion, religious dogma, and murder in the Deep South.

A pair of murderous lovers in Florida carrying out a bloody agenda. A perverse political and religious power struggle between a brother and a sister. An easygoing drifter who suddenly finds himself a fugitive on the run. And a bright-eyed young girl discovering her place in the cold dark world. At the end of the twentieth century, chaos and horror were the American dream.

Collecting Night People #1-4.

Review Quotes

"A scabrous, booze- and vengeance-fueled ride on the wild side... Fans of Southern gothic will rejoice."-- "Publishers Weekly"

"Gifford's madcap, macabre stories may feature ritualistic murder, kidnappings, violent automobile collisions, and other assorted calamities, but Condon and his collaborators prove less interested in eliciting prurient thrills than in exploring doomed love, the power of belief, and moral decay."-- "Library Journal"

"A pulpy, scuzzy, addictive read that skillfully contains Barry Gifford's essence."-- "Comic Book Couples Counseling"

"I absolutely loved this [..] It's just such a different and engrossing sort of comic."-- "The Comics Beat"

"Intriguing and violent."-- "IGN"

"Night People is the sort of comic book one devours as much with the eyes as with the mind. Each panel is an opera, a ballet of brutality and beauty... Whether or not you're familiar with Gifford's source material, Night People is worth the experience alone. Condon's writing and the art from Level and Pattison is not for the faint of heart, but well worth it in the end."-- "Capes and Tights"

"Raw and gritty."

-- "Comicbook.com"

"Sometimes, life just calls for a gritty comic that defies all reason and sanity. An unapologetic deep dive into the minds of the ruthless and depraved. Night People satisfies that desire within the first few panels... readers will want to revel in the intense genius of this comic book literary masterpiece."-- "Fanbase Press"

"Writer Chris Condon takes Gifford's novel, paring it down through the variety of director-like camera angles and character focus... Night People is an interesting ride."-- "Comic Crusaders"

About the Author

Barry Gifford's novel Night People was awarded the Premio Brancati, established by Pier Paolo Pasolini and Alberto Moravia, in Italy. He has won awards for fiction from the writers guilds in America and the United Kingdom, a BAFTA, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, among others. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages. His film credits include Wild at Heart (winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival), Lost Highway, City of Ghosts, and The Phantom Father. He has written librettos for operas by Toru Takemitsu, Ichiro Nodaira, and Olga Neuwirth. His most recent books include Sailor & Lula: The Complete Novels, Roy's World: Stories 1973-2020, Southern Nights (which includes Night People), and Ghost Years. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Chris Condon is the low-down dirty scoundrel behind the ongoing Image Comic series That Texas Blood and its acclaimed Wild West spinoff, The Enfield Gang Massacre, both with artist Jacob Phillips. He waded deep into bayou waters to adapt Barry Gifford's Night People for Oni Press and has not been the same since.

Brian Level is a cartoonist, tattooer, and writer who has contributed premiere comic books like Star Wars, Batman, Spider-Man, Avengers, and Deadpool. His work has been internationally recognized for over 15 years and won a GLAAD Media Award for his contributions to Poison Ivy for DC Comics. Level brings an element of the horrific and the ecstatic to the projects he touches with the goal of creating timeless, deep, and rich work. He lives with his family in the greater Cincinnati area, where he makes stories and operates Illuminaut Tattoo.

Artyom Topilin is a Russian artist who has worked on such titles as I Hate This Place, Creepshow, Night People, and Cruel Universe. Give him a monster and lots of cartoonishly over-the-top violence to draw and he will be happy!