{"product_id":"where-the-body-was-hardcover","title":"Where the Body Was - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEd Brubaker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSean Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eJacob Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, \u003ci\u003eWhere the Body Was\u003c\/i\u003e is unlike anything Brubaker and Phillips have ever done, and a must-have for all their avid fans!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA boarding house full of druggies. A neglected housewife. A young girl who thinks she's a superhero. A cop who wants to be left alone. And a Private Detective looking for a runaway girl. These stories collide one fateful summer in \u003ci\u003eWhere the Body Was\u003c\/i\u003e, a tale of love and murder in the suburbs, told from a dozen different points of view. All the neighbors on the block have an opinion about the murder and how it happened, but which of them is telling the truth? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Starting with a map of the crime scene, this murder mystery follows the ripples of this killing as they echo through decades of love and loss and passion and violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhere the Body Was\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour-de-force readers will be obsessed with from grandmasters Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips--the bestselling multiple Eisner award winning creators of \u003ci\u003ePulp, Reckless, Criminal\u003c\/i\u003e, and the recent critical hit \u003ci\u003eNight Fever\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eEarly praise for \u003ci\u003eWhere the Body Was\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Prolific collaborators Brubaker and Phillips follow their surrealistic thriller \u003ci\u003eNight Fever\u003c\/i\u003e with this playfully experimental, though no less grittily gripping, stand-alone whodunit-style murder mystery set in a suburban neighborhood over the summer of 1984...VERDICT A fast-paced mystery, propelled by a fascinating cast of characters, that builds to a profoundly moving and deeply romantic climax. Absolutely not to be missed.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e starred review\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A masterfully-told puzzle box mystery with a fiercely beating human heart.\" --\u003cb\u003eJordan Harper\u003c\/b\u003e, Edgar Award winning author of \u003ci\u003eEverybody Knows\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eShe Rides Shotgun\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brubaker and Phillips have done it again--a crime story that somehow, in its twists, turns, and thrills, reminds us of the poignancy of lost dreams, missed connections, and a past we'll always crave but never return to.\" --\u003cb\u003eSara Gran\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eCome Closer\u003c\/i\u003e and the Claire DeWitt series \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Sean Phillips and Ed Brubaker represent the gold standard for comics noir--brutal, beautiful, and best.\" --\u003cb\u003eIan Rankin\u003c\/b\u003e, bestselling author of the John Rebus books \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSelect praise for Brubaker \u0026amp; Phillips: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brubaker and Phillips's books have always been about eight years ahead of their time.\" --\u003cb\u003eBrian K. Vaughan\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSAGA, Paper Girls\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brubaker \u0026amp; Phillips continue to make sweet music together, broadcast to you in the form of the best comics around.\" --\u003cb\u003eRobert Kirkman\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInvincible, The Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Ed and Sean are that rare longterm collaboration that never become complacent, each project is a new revelation, the love visibly increased, the enthusiasm for the craft only growing over time. You don't have to consider the purchase, you make it on instinct at this point.\" --\u003cb\u003eRick Remender\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDeadly Class, Black Science\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Like Scorsese and De Niro, Brubaker and Phillips are the unmatched masters of a certain kind of storytelling--those fables of doomed and deluded men who are ready to die bloody, defending the tatters of their soiled American dreams. A new title from the sharpshooters behind \u003ci\u003eCriminal\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFatale\u003c\/i\u003e is reason enough to go on living.\" --\u003cb\u003eJoe Hill\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLocke \u0026amp; Key, Horns, NOS4A2\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Brubaker and Phillips have achieved the sort of creative consistency that'd justify critics filing their INSTANT CLASSIC reviews before they even read whatever they put out next.\" --\u003cb\u003eKieron Gillen\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Wicked + The Divine, Die\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I've been reading Ed Brubaker comics since the first appearance of Ed Brubaker comics and every single time he announces a new title I mutter to myself: 'ugh! I wish I would've thought of that!'\" --\u003cb\u003eBrian Michael Bendis\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePowers\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I'm a pretty easy mark for any Brubaker-Philips creation...\" --\u003cb\u003eJonathan Hickman\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEast of West, House of X\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Two of the best in the business, no contest.\" --\u003cb\u003eKelly Sue DeConnick\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCaptain Marvel, B*tch Planet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEd Brubaker is one of the most acclaimed writers in comics, winning five best writer Eisner and Harvey Awards in the last ten years. His bestselling work with Sean Phillips on CRIMINAL, INCOGNITO, FATALE, and THE FADE OUT has been translated around the world to great acclaim, and Marvel's movies featuring his co-creation, The Winter Soldier, have all been international blockbusters. Ed lives in Los Angeles with his wife and their crazy dog, where he works in comics, film, and television, most recently on HBO's new hit series WESTWORLD. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing comics professionally since the age of fifteen, Eisner Award winning Sean Phillips has worked for all the major publishers. Since drawing Sleeper, Hellblazer, Batman, X-Men, Marvel Zombies, and Stephen King's The Dark Tower, Sean has concentrated on creator-owned books including Criminal, Kill Or Be Killed, Incognito, Fatale and The Fade Out. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe is currently drawing a new volume of the long-running Criminal series written by his long-time collaborator Ed Brubaker and coloured by his son Jacob Phillips. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe lives in the Lake District in the UK. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacob Phillips is a comic artist and colorist residing in Manchester, UK. He has been drawing his whole life, self publishing first comic. 'Roboy' at the age of 11 and selling it at Brighton Comic Con. 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