So this is pleasing news indeed. Formerly published in a 5-volume run by BHP Comics, sci-fi saga Killtopia is getting a complete collection from Titan later this year. Dave Cook was nominated as Best Writer in the 2023 Broken Frontier Awards for Killtopia, and we reviewed the final issue here last year, saying:
“One of the reasons I rarely review the more obvious genre fiction small press comics here at BF is that while they may be fun and entertaining in themselves they are sometimes also very derivative, largely acting as audition pieces for serial comic publishers. Killtopia is anything but. It’s a genuinely inventive story that puts entire new spins on the established standards of its genre.”
More info in the press release below.
KILLTOPIA: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION
Author: Dave Cook
Illustrators: Clark Bint and Craig Paton
Publisher: Titan Comics
HC, 288 pages, FC, $29.99
ISBN: 9781787744189
On sale September 24, 2024
“The epitome of mecha, cyberpunk storytelling” – bound in a collectible hardcover edition for the very first time!
A high-speed, high-stakes, cyberpunk adventure through Neo Tokyo – a neon-soaked metropolis governed by ruthless corporations and savage bloodsports.
Ten years ago, an unexplained explosion rocked the city’s Sector-K district leaving it home a horde of rampaging, killer mecha and a lethal nanomachine plague known as ‘The Rot.’
Today, the sector is rebranded as ‘Killtopia’ – the most brutal bloodsport on the planet. High-tech hunters known as ‘Wreckers’ flood Japan to destroy the mechs in exchange for Rot medication, infinite wealth, and limitless social influence.
While on a routine hunt, a rookie Wrecker called Shinji encounter’s Crash, the world’s first sentient mecha. Shinji learns that The Rot’s cure lies within Crash’s code, and could save the life of his dying sister, Omi.
Together, Shinji, Crash and a misfit band of hackers and slum rats team up to cure The Rot while being hunted by Yakuza crime lords, android assassins and every Wrecker in Neo Tokyo.
Meanwhile, as the death toll of the hunt rises, an ancient digital entity watches the mayhem unfold from the shadows, waiting for the right moment to reveal itself to the world…
Can Shinii and Crash survive long enough to cure the planet, or does the universe have bigger plans for our heroes?
Killtopia: The Complete Collection bring together issues 1-5 of the critically acclaimed series, previously published by BHP comics, plus extra bonus and behind-the-scenes material. This hardcover graphic novel serves as a feast for the eyes, presenting Clark Bint and Craig Paton’s explosive, evocative artwork in a larger format for the first time.
Killtopia: The Complete Collection is on sale September 24, 2024 at bookstores, comic shops and digital.
Pre-order now from Barnes & Noble, Books A Million and Forbidden Planet for UK.
