The Damned (comics)

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The Damned
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The Damned – Volume 1: Three Days Dead
(color edition cover)
Publication information
Publisher Oni Press
Genre
Publication dateOctober 2006
No. of issuesThe Damned: Three Days Dead #0–5
The Damned: Prodigal Sons #1–3
The Damned #1–10
Main character(s)Eddie Tamblyn
Morgan Tamblyn
Creative team
Created by Cullen Bunn
Brian Hurtt
Written by Cullen Bunn
Brian Hurtt
Artist(s)Brian Hurtt
Letterer(s) Brian Hurtt
Crank!
Colorist(s) Bill Crabtree
Editor(s) Randal Jarrell
Charlie Chu
Desiree Wilson
Collected editions
Volume 1: Three Days Dead (black and white) ISBN   9781932664638
Volume 1: Three Days Dead (color) ISBN   9781620103852
Volume 2: Ill-Gotten ISBN   9781620104859
Volume 3: Prodigal Sons ISBN   9781620105733

The Damned is a horror-noir American comic book created by Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt, and published by Oni Press.

Contents

Plot synopsis

The Damned is set in prohibition era in a city where demonic crime families vie for human souls. The narrator, Eddie Tamblyn, is a man cursed to return from the dead—whoever touches Eddie while he's dead, assumes his fatal wounds and Eddie's resurrected. Because of his unique abilities, Eddie often finds himself being used by the crime families for their own ends.

Three Days Dead

The Aligheri and Roarke crime families are coming to a "mutually beneficial" agreement set to put an end to their territorial squabbles, but the demon sent to broker the truce has gone missing. Eddie agrees to find the missing broker for Alphonse Aligheri in exchange for wiping his debts.

Ill-Gotten

Pauly Bones, an old double dealer from Eddie's past, seeks refuge at the Gehenna Room now that Eddie's got a "no demons allowed" policy. The demons want something from Pauly, something that might just be enough to trade for a few souls.


Publication history

The first miniseries, Three Days Dead, ran from October 2006 to February 2007. There was also a six-page issue #0 published in October 2006. A second miniseries followed in 2008, the three-issue Prodigal Sons. [1]

In 2017, The Damned was relaunched as an ongoing series. The original five-issue miniseries was adapted to color and published as a new trade paperback in March. [2] The Damned #1 followed in May with a new arc, Ill-Gotten, designed to continue the story for returning readers while introducing the world and characters to new readers.

The color version of the Prodigal Sons arc appeared in The Damned #6–8 with minor alterations to better fit in with the mythology of the ongoing series. [3] The planned three-issue Daughter's Danse arc only released the first issue and The Damned has been in hiatus since then. Bunn mentioned in a 2023 "Ask Me Anything" post that he has plans for the series to continue, but nothing in the near future. [4]

Issues

Story ArcIssueRelease DateWriterArtistColorist
Three Days Earlier...#0October, 2006Cullen BunnBrian Hurtt
Three Days Dead#1October, 2006Bill Crabtree
(2017 collection)
#2November, 2006
#3December, 2006
#4January, 2007
#5February, 2007
Prodigal Sons#1April, 2008Cullen BunnBrian HurttN/A
#2May, 2008
#3August, 2008
Ongoing series (2017)
Ill-Gotten#1May 3, 2017Cullen BunnBrian HurttBill Crabtree
#2June 14, 2017
#3July 12, 2017
#4September 13, 2017
#5October 11, 2017
Prodigal Sons#6 [5] December 13, 2017Cullen BunnBrian HurttBill Crabtree
#7January 10, 2018
#8February 7, 2018
Bad Ol’ Days#9 [6] April 18, 2018Cullen BunnBrian HurttBill Crabtree
Daughter's Danse#10June 13, 2018Cullen BunnBrian HurttBill Crabtree

Collected editions

The first miniseries has been collected into a trade paperback twice, once in black and white in 2007, then later in color in 2017.

VolumeTitleRelease DateMaterial collectedISBN
1Three Days DeadMay, 2007The Damned: Three Days Dead #1–5

The Damned: Three Days Earlier... * #0

9781932664638
March 8, 2017The Damned: Three Days Dead #1–5 9781620103852
2Ill-GottenApril 18, 2018The Damned #1–5 9781620104859
3Prodigal SonsFebruary 13, 2019The Damned #6–9 9781620105733

The original black and white versions of Three Days Dead and Prodigal Sons have been released in French by Akileos:

Adaptations

Film

On July 27, 2007, DreamWorks Pictures, Walter Parkes and Laurie MacDonald acquired the film rights to this comic book title as a collaboration with Oni Press's film production arm Closed by Monday Entertainment along with a film adaptation of Courtney Crumrin. [7] On April 13, 2008, David DiGilio was hired to write the screenplay for DreamWorks, Closed on Mondays Entertainment, and Parkes + MacDonald Entertainment. [8]

TV series

It was announced in August 2011 that Showtime had bought the rights to adapt the comic book into a television series, with David Hayter being brought in to write it. [9]

Notes

  1. Manning, Shaun (May 15, 2008). "I'll Be "The Damned" – Cullen Bunn talks "Prodigal Sons"". Comic Book Resources . Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  2. Dueben, Alex. "Sixth Gun Team Crafts a Supernatural Noir World in The Damned". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved February 16, 2017.
  3. Tweedale, Mark. "The Damned Speakeasy: Ill-Gotten". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  4. Bunn, Cullen. "Cullen Bunn AMA on r/HorrorComics". Reddit.com/r/HorrorComics. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
  5. Burlingame, Russ. "The Damned Interview: Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt". Comic Book. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
  6. "Comics Alternative Interviews: Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt". Comics Alternative. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
  7. McClintock, Pamela (July 27, 2007). "DreamWorks drawn to comic pair". Variety . Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved November 3, 2023.
  8. Siegel, Tatiana (April 13, 2008). "DiGilio scripting 'Damned'". Variety. Retrieved August 25, 2011.
  9. Andreeva, Nellie (August 24, 2011). "Showtime Developing Drama Series Based On Comic Book 'The Damned'". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 25, 2011.

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