Night People #1 Cvr A Williams III

(W) Barry Gifford, Chris Condon (A) Brian Level (CA) J. H. Williams. From the mind of literary icon Barry Gifford-internationally renowned creator of Wild at Heart and cowriter of David Lynch's neo-noir masterpiece Lost Highway-Night People is a pulsating roadmap of the American subconscious* where neon-lit Southern nights give way to lipstick* sweat* and blood* and the odd* the innocent* and the evil are all fellow travelers down an interstate of dark* elusive dreams. Adapted from Gifford's acclaimed novel by breakout writer Chris Condon (That Texas Blood* The Enfield Gang Massacre) and a rotating cast of stunning artistic talents-including Brian Level (Poison Ivy)* Alexandre Tefenkgi (The Good Asian)* Artyom Topilin (I Hate This Place)* and more-follow an uneasy cast of wanted men* cartel-killers* and lost souls through four interlocking tales as they travel a path of intoxication* lust* and spontaneous violence from New Orleans to Egypt City* Florida* and back again. In our first tale of desperation* fanaticism* and murder: Two ex-convicts-a pair of inseparable lovers named Big Betty Stalcup and Miss Cutie Early-are out on parole using their newfound freedom to purify the world of men's evil influence . . . and leaving a trail of mutilated bodies in their wake. As the psychotic dimensions of their star-crossed romance-and the twisting paths that first led them to their fateful meeting at the Fort Sumatra Detention Center for Wayward Women-come into full view* their experiment in righteousness culminates in the kidnapping of Rollo Lamar* a kindly attorney whom Betty and Cutie abduct just to see if they can reeducate at least one man on the planet before the demise of civilization.