Broken Frontier

Start with a scooter-driving private investigator, add an intelligent talking pig, toss in an evil wolf intent on conquering Portland after destroying both pig and detective (plus anyone in between), and what have you got?

You've got fresh talent Ovi Nedelcu's PIGTALE , a new bimonthly ongoing series, debuting this January from Image Comics.

PIGTALE tells the story of Boston Booth, an amateur private investigator in Portland, Oregon, as he tries to deal with a life turned upside down by financial and professional turmoil.  Things take a dramatic twist for Boston when he is introduced to Clyde, an intelligent talking pig desperate to escape from his evil step-brother, Taxx, a wolf hell-bent on destroying Clyde, and taking over the city while he's at it.

Nedelcu's singular sense of style and cinematic approach to storytelling has earned raves from anyone who's seen the book, including superstar comic artist Mike Wieringo, who says Ovi's "jaw-dropping" style "is like nothing I've ever seen," and PIXAR animation story supervisor/artist Ronnie Del Carmen, who compares Nedclu's staging of scenes to "the spare style of Chuck Jones."

Count Image publisher Erik Larsen among Nedelcu's fans.

"Pigtale is one of those books that fall out of the sky and you have to wonder, 'Where the hell did THIS guy come from?,'" says Larsen.  "And I mean that in the best possible where-have-you-been-all-my-life kind of way. This guy is, simply put, incredible--and I've got a strong feeling about this one. Generally, when that happens--it's a book that catches readers and retailers by surprise and they come back at me a few month later and say to me, 'why didn't you TELL ME this was going to be good?' well, we do--and we will. And like Flight, Ultra, The Walking Dead, Firebreather and Invincible before it--I think readers and retailers alike are simply going to fall in love with this book."

And in case you think he's kidding, Larsen has a few last words for those on the fence about PIGTALE:

"Seriously folks--this book is outstanding and you'll never stop kicking yourself if you miss it. This guy is GOOD."

PIGTALE, a bimonthly ongoing series, is available for preorder in the November issue of PREVIEWS.  The first issue will be on sale January 12.

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