Loveless (comics)

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Cover to issue #1 of Loveless (Dec 2005), art by Marcelo Frusin.
Publication information
Publisher Vertigo Comics (DC)
ScheduleMonthly
Format Ongoing series
Publication dateDecember 2005 – May 2008
No. of issues24
Creative team
Created by Brian Azzarello
Marcelo Frusin
Written byBrian Azzarello
Artist(s)Marcelo Frusin
Danijel Žeželj
Werther Dell'Edera
Colorist(s) Patricia Mulvihill
Collected editions
A Kin of Homecoming ISBN   1-84576-337-8

Loveless is an American Western comic book series for mature readers published by DC Comics as a part of that company's Vertigo imprint. It is written by Brian Azzarello and drawn by Marcelo Frusin, Danijel Zezelj and Werther Dell'Edera. [1] There are 24 issues total.

Contents

Plot

Loveless is about a man, Wes Cutter, who fought for the South in the Civil War and was captured. After spending time in a prison camp he comes back to his previous home of Blackwater after the North won to find the town under Union control and his house occupied. Soon after, Cutter is offered a position of sheriff in the town. [2]

The comic's early issues explore the dynamic relationship between Cutter and the people of the town (most of whom hate him), the fate of Cutter's wife Ruth, and the lingering feelings of animosity between North and South after the end of the war.

Since the conclusion to its earlier issues, Loveless has become a comic of greater chronological and thematic narrative. The stories within Loveless, since its inception and especially in its later years center around racism and the grittier realities of American history.

The book had been stated to last about four years by Brian Azzarello in a Broken Frontier interview. Azzarello also hinted to end the story in the 1940s or so, [3] but the series was cancelled with issue #24.

Characters

Artists

The title was penciled and inked by three artists on a rotating schedule: Marcelo Frusin (#1-5, 9-10, covers), Danijel Žeželj (#6-8, 13-15, 22-24), and Werther Dell'Edera (#11-12, 16-21). [2] Frusin previously worked with writer Brian Azzarello for three years on Hellblazer . Žeželj also had a previous project with Azzarello: El Diablo, a western mini series, that in Azzarello's words "planted the seeds for Loveless". [3] All three artists have clearly distinct, recognizable styles, while colorist Patricia Mulvihill ensured a graphic continuity throughout the series.

Collected editions

Loveless was collected together into three trade paperbacks:

#TitleISBNRelease dateCollected material
1A Kin of Homecoming ISBN   1-84576-337-8 2006Loveless #1-5
2Thicker than Blackwater ISBN   1-84576-453-6 2007Loveless #6–12
3Blackwater Falls ISBN   1-4012-1495-9 September 17, 2008Loveless #13-24

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Irvine, Alex (2008), "Loveless", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 116–117, ISBN   978-0-7566-4122-1, OCLC   213309015
  2. 1 2 Irvine, Alex (2008), "100 Bullets", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, London: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 11–17, ISBN   978-0-7566-4122-1
  3. 1 2 Sam Moyerman: Bad Azz Mojo, part 1, posted October 11 2006 Archived November 12, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
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